HMS Dartmouth (1655)

A fifth-rate warship being refitted, sketched by Willem van de Velde the Younger, believed to be Dartmouth
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Dartmouth
Ordered28 December 1654
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Cost£1,693-5-0d
Launched22 September 1655
Commissioned1655
FateWrecked 9 October 1690
General characteristics
Class and type22-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen260.7 tons bm
Length80 ft (24.4 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Depth of hold10 ft (3.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • initially 22 guns of various weights of shot
  • raised subsequently in stages to 36 guns

HMS Dartmouth was a small frigate or fifth-rate ship, one of six ordered by the English Council of State on 28 December 1654, and built in 1655.