HMS Weymouth (1693)

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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
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great 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 plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1706 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 plan Full-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.

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