HMS Weymouth (1736)

Weymouth
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Weymouth
Ordered	6 January 1733
Builder	Peirson Lock, Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	September 1733
Launched	31 March 1736
Commissioned	27 July 1739
In service	1739–1741 1744–1745
Fate	Wrecked, 16 February 1745
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1065 35⁄94 bm
Length	144 ft 0 in (43.9 m) (gundeck) 116 ft 10 in (35.6 m) (keel)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	400 (420 from 1743)
Armament	60 guns: Upper deck: 26 × 9-pdrs Lower deck: 24 × 24-pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Weymouth was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1736 and in service during the War of the Austrian Succession. Initially stationed in the Mediterranean, she was assigned to the Navy's Caribbean fleet in 1740 and participated in Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. Decommissioned later that year, she was restored to active service in the Caribbean in 1744. A navigational error on 16 February 1745 brought her too close to the shore of Antigua, where she was wrecked upon a submerged reef. Three of Weymouth's officers were subsequently found guilty of negligence, with two required to pay substantial fines and the third sentenced to a two-year jail term.