HMS Plymouth (1708)

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NameHMS Plymouth
BuilderLock, Devonport Dockyard (then called Plymouth-Dock)
Launched25 May 1708
FateBroken up, 1764
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen922 (bm)
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck (GD): 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck (UGD): 26 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen954 (bm)
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • GD: 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • UGD: 26 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Plymouth was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard (Devonport then known as Plymouth-Dock) to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 25 May 1708. [1]

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Orders were issued on 26 May 1720 directing Plymouth to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 2 August 1722. Plymouth remained in service until she was broken up in 1764. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.

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