HMS ''Dartmouth'' was a 50-gun
fourth rate
In 1603 all English warships with a compliment of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers a six tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided i ...
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
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, launched at
Rotherhithe
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on 24 July 1693.
She was captured by the
French in 1695. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS ''Vigo'', as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as . Her service as HMS ''Vigo'' was short however,
as she was wrecked in on the
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coast on
25 November 1703.
Notes
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1690s ships
Maritime incidents in 1703
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