HMS Weymouth (1734)
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| Name: | HMS Weymouth |
| Ordered: | 6 January 1733 |
| Builder: | Peirson Lock, Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | September 1733 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1736 |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1739 |
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| Fate: | Wrecked, 16 February 1745 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1065 35⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 41 ft 5 in (12.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 400 (420 from 1743) |
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HMS Weymouth was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1736 and in service during the War of the Austrian Succession. Initially stationed in the Mediterranean, she was assigned to the Navy's Caribbean fleet in 1740 and participated in Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741. Decommissioned later that year, she was restored to active service in the Caribbean in 1744. A navigational error on 16 February 1745 brought her too close to the shore of Antigua, where she was wrecked upon a submerged reef. Three of Weymouth's officers were subsequently found guilty of negligence, with two required to pay substantial fines and the third sentenced to a two-year jail term.
Weymouth was designed according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions. As built, she was 144 ft 5 in (44.0 m) long with a 116 ft 10 in (35.6 m) keel, a beam of 41 ft 5 in (12.62 m), and a hold depth of 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m). She was armed with twenty-four 24-pounder cannons located along her gundeck, supported by 26 nine-pounders on the upper deck and ten 6-pounders ranged along the quarterdeck and the forecastle. The designated complement was 400, comprising four commissioned officers – a captain and three lieutenants – overseeing 63 warrant and petty officers, 219 naval ratings, 67 Marines and 47 servants and other ranks. The 47 servants and other ranks provided for in the ship's complement consisted of 30 personal servants and clerical staff, six assistant carpenters, two assistant sailmakers, a steward's mate and eight widow's men. Weymouth's marines were headed by a captain and second lieutenant, with four non-commissioned officers, a drummer boy and 60 private soldiers.
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