HMS Dartmouth (1693)
HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Rotherhithe on 24 July 1693.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 England | |
| Name: | HMS Dartmouth |
| Builder: | Shish, Rotherhithe |
| Launched: | 24 July 1693 |
| Captured: | 1695, by France |
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| Acquired: | 1695 |
| Captured: | 1702, by England |
| History | |
| England | |
| Name: | HMS Vigo |
| Acquired: | 1702 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1703 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 603 |
| Length: | 122 ft (37.2 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
She was captured by the French in 1695. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS Vigo, as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as HMS Dartmouth. Her service as HMS Vigo was short however,[1] as she was wrecked in on the Dutch coast on 25 November 1703.[2]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
- Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. p. 57. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.
References
- 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.
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