HMS Plymouth (1708)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Plymouth
Builder:	Lock, Devonport Dockyard (then called Plymouth-Dock)
Launched:	25 May 1708
Fate:	Broken up, 1764
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type:	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	922 (bm)
Length:	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
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 & type:	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	954 (bm)
Length:	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
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]

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. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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.