HMS Lyme (1695)

History
England
Name	HMS Lyme
Ordered	16 February 1694
Builder	Mr. Flint, Plymouth
Launched	20 April 1695
Commissioned	April 1695
Fate	Broken at Deptford in January 1739
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38462⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	109 ft 0 in (33.22 m) gundeck 88 ft 0 in (26.82 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)
General characteristics 1719 Establishment
Class and type	20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	37449⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck 87 ft 9 in (26.75 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1719 Establishment 20 guns 20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)

HMS Lyme was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Mr. Flint of Plymouth in 1694/95. She spent her career on counter piracy patrols and trade protection duties in Home Waters, the Mediterranean and in North America and the West Indies. She was rebuilt to the 1719 Establishment as a sixth rate in 1720/21. Her breaking was completed in January 1739.

She was the fourth vessel to bear the name Lyme since it was used for a 52-gun ship built at Portsmouth in 1654, renamed Montagu in May 1660 rebuilt Chatham 1675, rebuilt Woolwich 1698, rebuilt Portsmouth 1716 and broken in September 1749.^[1]