HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, ordered on 21 June 1692 to be built by commercial contract with the master shipwright John Shish in Rotherhithe (one of seven such 50-gun ships ordered during 1692),[2] and launched there on 24 July 1693.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 England | |
| Name | HMS Dartmouth |
| Ordered | 21 June 1692 |
| Builder | John Shish, Rotherhithe |
| Launched | 24 July 1693 |
| Captured | 4 February 1695, by France |
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| Acquired | 4 February 1695 |
| Renamed | Bourbon |
| Fate | Sold to Spain in January 1700 |
| Spain | |
| Acquired | 4 February 1695 |
| Renamed | San Juan Bautista |
| Captured | 12 October 1702, by HMS Barfleur |
| History | |
| England | |
| Name | HMS Vigo Prize |
| Acquired | 12 October 1702 |
| Renamed | Vigo Prize |
| Fate | Wrecked in the "Great Gale" in Holland, 27 November 1703 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 602 84⁄94 bm |
| Length | 122 ft (37.2 m) (on gundeck) 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel) |
| 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 |
Under the command of Captain Roger Vaughan (who was killed in the action), she was badly damaged and captured in the Western Approaches by two French 40-gun ships on 4 February 1695.[2] The French sold her in January 1700 to Spain, who renamed her as San Juan Bautista (rating her as 48 guns and 549 toneladas in size); she served as the almiranta (2nd flagship) to a convoy in 1701, but she was re-taken by HMS Barfleur at the Battle of Vigo Bay on 12 October 1702. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS Vigo Prize, as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as HMS Dartmouth. Her service as HMS Vigo Prize was short however,[1] as she was wrecked in on the Dutch coast on 25 November 1703.[3]
Notes
editReferences
edit- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (1997), The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). ISBN 1-845600-09-6.
- Winfield, Rif (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK; Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
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