Etching taken from A voyage (in 1721) to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies; in His Majesty's Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth by John Atkins (naval surgeon) pub. 1735
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Weymouth
Ordered1693
BuilderStigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched8 August 1693
FateBroken up, 1732
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen673 bm
Length132 ft 4 in (40.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 3 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold13 ft (4.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen715 bm
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Weymouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 8 August 1693.[1][3]

She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard according to the 1706 Establishment, relaunching on 26 February 1719. Weymouth continued to serve until 1732, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1 , p. 168.
  3. ↑ "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Weymouth' (1693)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

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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