HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1698 at Southampton.[1]
![]() The sinking of HMS Dartmouth, during the chase and capture of Glorioso, 8 October 1747 | |
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Name | HMS Dartmouth |
Ordered | 1695 |
Builder | Parker, Southampton |
Launched | 3 March 1698 |
Out of service | 8 October 1747 |
Fate | Blew up and sank in battle, 1747 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 681 bm |
Length | 131 ft 0+3⁄4 in (39.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 34 ft 3+1⁄2 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6+1⁄2 in (4.1 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 711 bm |
Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns (see 1741 rebuild) |
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[3] | |
Class and type | 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 856 bm |
Length | 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
Career
editShe was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, relaunched on 7 August 1716[2] and formed part of the naval task force sent to Scotland to help subdue the Jacobite rising of 1719. On 8 October 1736, Dartmouth was ordered to be taken to pieces at Woolwich and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 22 April 1741.[3]
Fate
editDartmouth blew up, killing most of her crew, near Cape St Vincent on 8 October 1747 in action with the Spanish ship of the line Glorioso.[3][4]
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links
editMedia related to HMS Dartmouth (ship, 1698) at Wikimedia Commons
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