HMS Dartmouth (1698)

Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Dartmouth
Ordered:	1695
Builder:	Parker, Southampton
Launched:	3 March 1698
Fate:	Sank in battle, 1747
General characteristics as built
Class and type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	681 long tons (691.9 t)
Length:	131 ft 0.75 in (39.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 3.5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 6.5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	711 long tons (722.4 t)
Length:	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
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
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild
Class and type:	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	856 long tons (869.7 t)
Length:	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
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

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dartmouth.

HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1698 at Southampton.

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, relaunching on 7 August 1716. On 8 October 1736, Dartmouth was ordered to be taken to pieces at Woolwich and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 22 April 1741.

Dartmouth sank in 1747 during a combat with a Spanish ship of the line.

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.