History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Dartmouth
BuilderShish, Rotherhithe
Launched24 July 1693
Captured1695, by France
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
Acquired1695
Captured1702, by England
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Vigo
Acquired1702
FateWrecked, 1703
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen603
Length122 ft (37.2 m) (gundeck)
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, launched at Rotherhithe on 24 July 1693.[1]

She was captured by the French in 1695. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS Vigo, as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as HMS Dartmouth. Her service as HMS Vigo was short however,[1] as she was wrecked in on the Dutch coast on 25 November 1703.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. p. 57. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.

References

  • 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.


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