HMS Weymouth (1693)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Weymouth
Ordered:	1693
Builder:	Stigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched:	1693
Fate:	Broken up, 1732
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class & type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	673 bm
Length:	132 ft 4 in (40.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 3 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild^[2]
Class & type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	715 bm
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

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

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 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1 , p. 168.

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.

1706 Establishment ships

90-gun second rates	Neptune Vanguard Princess Sandwich Barfleur

80-gun third rates	Boyne Humber Russell Cumberland Devonshire Dorsetshire Shrewsbury Cambridge Torbay Newark

70-gun third rates	Resolution Captain Grafton Hampton Court Edgar Yarmouth Orford Royal Oak Expedition Monmouth Revenge Suffolk

60-gun fourth rates	Plymouth Lion Gloucester Rippon Montague Medway Kingston Nottingham

50-gun fourth rates	Salisbury Falmouth Ruby Chester Romney Pembroke Warwick Gloucester Ormonde Bonaventure Bristol Advice Assistance Strafford Worcester Rochester Dartmouth Panther Guernsey Salisbury Winchester St Albans Norwich Weymouth Deptford Swallow Tiger

Followed by: 1719 Establishment List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Navy

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