HMS Weymouth (1795)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Earl of Mansfield
Builder: Wells & Co. Rotherhithe
Launched: 30 September 1795
Acquired: By purchase on the stocks
Renamed: HMS Weymouth
Fate: Wrecked 21 January 1800
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Fourth rate
Tons burthen: 1416,[2] or 1433​56⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 175 ft 6 in (53.5 m) (overall)
  • 144 ft 1 in (43.9 m) (keel)
Beam: 43 ft 3 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 7 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 344 (Fourth rate)
Armament:
  • Fourth rate:
    • Lower deck (LD):28 × 18-pounder guns
    • Upper deck (UD): 28 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Transport: 26 guns

HMS Weymouth was laid down as the East Indiaman Earl of Mansfield. The British Royal Navy purchased her on the stocks to use as a 56-gun fourth rate. She was launched in 1795 but never commissioned in the Royal Navy. She was transferred in February 1796 to the Transportation Board as a transport. Lieutenant Robert Passmore took command in June 1796. Commander Charles Ryder succeeded Passmore in July 1798, and Commander Ambrose Crofton replaced Ryder in August 1799.

Having sailed from Portsmouth, she wrecked on 21 January 1800 on the bar in the Tagus River as Crofton was attempting to sail her into Lisbon harbour.[3] Her crew was saved.[4]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. ↑ Winfield (2008), p.113.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p.99.
  3. ↑ Hepper (1997), p.94.
  4. ↑ Lloyd's List №4027.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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