HMS Dartmouth (1698)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1698 at Southampton.^[1]

Career

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, relaunched on 7 August 1716^[2] and formed part of the naval task force sent to Scotland to help subdue the Jacobite rising of 1719. 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.^[3]

Fate

Dartmouth blew up, killing most of her crew, near Cape St Vincent on 8 October 1747 in action with the Spanish ship of the line Glorioso.^[3][4]

See also

• Voyage of the Glorioso

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.
4. "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1247. Lloyd's of London. 6 November 1747.

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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Dartmouth (ship, 1698) at Wikimedia Commons