Six ships and one

shore establishment A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. "Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French in 1803–04. ...

of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Dartmouth'', after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned: * was a 22-gun ship launched in 1655. She was converted to a

fireship A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy sh ...

in 1688, and rebuilt as a

fifth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal ...

in 1689. She was wrecked in the Sound of Mull in 1690. * was a 4-gun fireship captured in 1672 and sold in 1674. * was a 48-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 ...

launched in 1693. She was captured by France in 1695, recaptured in 1702, and renamed HMS ''Vigo''. She was wrecked in 1703. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1741 and sunk in action with the Spanish ship ''Glorioso'' in 1747. * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1746) was to have been a 50-gun fourth rate. She was ordered in 1746, but was cancelled in 1748. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1813. She was used for harbour service from 1831 and was broken up in 1854. * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1860) was to have been a wood screw frigate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1864. * was a cruiser of the ''Weymouth'' subgroup launched in 1911. She served in the

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and was sold for scrap in 1930. * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (shore establishment) is the name of the

Britannia Royal Naval College Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, En ...

naval shore establishment

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