HMS Dartmouth (1693)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dartmouth and HMS Vigo.

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Dartmouth
Ordered21 June 1692
BuilderJohn Shish, Rotherhithe
Launched24 July 1693
Captured4 February 1695, by France
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
Acquired4 February 1695
RenamedBourbon
Captured12 October 1702, by HMS Barfleur
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Vigo Prize
Acquired12 October 1702
RenamedVigo Prize
FateWrecked in the "Great Gale" in Holland, 27 November 1703
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen602 84⁄94 bm
Length122 ft (37.2 m) (on gundeck) 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

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,[2] and launched there on 24 July 1693.[1]

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] 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]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ^ a b Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p.133.
  3. ^ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. p. 57. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.