Leopoldus Primus

*Leopoldus Primus*
History
Hamburg
Namesake	Leopold I
Ordered	1663
Launched	1668
Decommissioned	1705
Fate	Scrapped 1705
General characteristics
Length	40 metres (130 ft)
Armament	54 cannon:; 26 × 18 pdr (8.2 kg); 18 × 8 pdr (3.6 kg); 4 × 6 pdr (2.7 kg); 6 × 4 pdr (1.8 kg);

The Leopoldus Primus, also called Leopold I, was the first convoy ship commissioned to protect the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. She was designed for use against piracy on the trade routes to Spain, Portugal, and West Africa and to accompany whalers to Greenland. Named in honor of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, she was put into service in 1668 and scrapped in 1705 after 34 major missions. She was probably identical with the Wapen von Hamburg, which went into service shortly after her.