HMS Plymouth (1653)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Plymouth.
Career (England)
Name: HMS Plymouth
Builder: Taylor, Wapping
Launched: 1653
Fate: Foundered, 1705
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:Speaker-class frigate
Tons burthen:742 long tons (753.9 t)
Length:116 ft (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam:34 ft 8 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold:14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1705 rebuild[2]
Class and type:60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:897 long tons (911.4 t)
Length:140 ft 5 in (42.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold:15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Plymouth was a 52-gun third-rate Speaker-class frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England and launched at Wapping in 1653.[1] By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.[1]

Plymouth was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1705 as a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line.[2] She sunk later that year and was lost.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.

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.