HMS Ormonde (1711)

HMS Ormonde was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 18 October 1711.[1]

Ormonde
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Ormonde
Namesake: James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, ship renamed on his fall from grace
Builder: Ackworth, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 18 October 1711
Fate: Broken up, 1733
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 703 bm
Length: 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

In September 1715, she was renamed Dragon.[2] The next year, commanded by Streynsham Master, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

In 1717, still under Master, she served with Admiral Byng's force in the Baltic Sea, capturing the Swedish Fildrim on 28 June.[2]

Between 1718 and 1725, now commanded by Thomas Scott, she served mainly off Newfoundland and in the Mediterranean.[2]

In 1726, Dragon was assigned to the West Indies station, where Scott would die 25 September, replaced by Perry Mayne.[2]

In June 1727, still on West Indies station, Mayne in turn was replaced by F. Hume.[2]

Ormonde (Dragon) finished her career in the West Indies,[2] serving until 1733, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, Vol.1, p.168.
  2. National Maritime Museum Warship Histories Archived 2 August 2011 at the UK Government Web Archive.

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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