HMS Weymouth (1693)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Weymouth.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Weymouth
Ordered: 1693
Builder: Stigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1693
Fate: Broken up, 1732
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:673 bm
Length:132 ft 4 in (40.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:34 ft 3 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold:13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[2]
Class and type:1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:715 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

HMS Weymouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1693.[1]

She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard according to the 1706 Establishment, relaunching on 26 February 1719. Weymouth continued to serve until 1732, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1 , p. 168.

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.