HMS Dartmouth (1698)

The sinking of HMS Dartmouth, during the chase and capture of Glorioso, 8 October 1747
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Dartmouth
Ordered	24 December 1695
Builder	James Parker, Southampton
Launched	3 March 1698
Out of service	8 October 1747
Fate	Blew up and sank in action on 8 October 1747
General characteristics as built[1][2]
Class and type	50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	681 47⁄94 bm
Length	131 ft 3+3⁄4 in (40.0 m) (gundeck) 108 ft 10+1⁄2 in (33.2 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 3+1⁄2 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6+1⁄2 in (4.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild[3][4]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	711 67⁄94 bm
Length	130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck) 108 ft 9 in (33.1 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 1 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 4 in (4.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns (see 1741 rebuild)
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[5][6]
Class and type	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	856 48⁄94 bm
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (on gundeck) 108 ft 2 in (33.0 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 7 in (11.8 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns Gundeck: 22 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, one of eight such ships authorised by the Navy Board on 24 December 1695 to be newly built (six by commercial contract and two in the Royal Dockyards); the others were the Hampshire, Winchester, Salisbury, Worcester, Jersey, Carlisle and Tilbury. The contract for the Dartmouth was signed in 1696 with shipbuilder James Parker, for the ship to be built in his site in Southampton, taking the name of the previous Dartmouth of 1693 (which had been captured by the French in 1695), and she was launched there on 3 March 1698.^[1]