HMS Dartmouth (1655)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dartmouth.
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 England
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| Name: | HMS Dartmouth |
| Ordered: | 28 December 1654 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Cost: | £1,693-5-0d |
| Launched: | 22 September 1655 |
| Commissioned: | 1655 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 9 October 1690 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 22-gun fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 260.7 tons bm |
| Length: | 80 ft (24.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Dartmouth was a small frigate or fifth-rate ship, one of six ordered by the Council of State on 28 December 1654 and built in 1655. After a lengthy career in the Royal Navy, she was wrecked in the Sound of Mull on 9 October 1690, while on a mission to persuade the MacLeans of Duart to sign Articles of Allegiance to William and Mary.
The wrecksite was identified in 1973 by divers from Bristol. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 11 April 1974 and redesignated on 25 June 1992.
See also
References
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
- Advisory Committee on Historic Wrecks Report for 1999-2000
Coordinates: 56°30′23″N 5°41′45″W / 56.5064°N 5.6957°W
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