British Third Rate ship of the line 'Weymouth' (1795)

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Weymouth
Nominal Guns	56	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Acquired	30.9.1795	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purchased on the Stocks	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1793
Constructor	John WellsBritish Ship Builder Service 1748-1794	BWAS-1793
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	21.1.1800	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck175' 5"Imperial Feet53.3417
Length of Keel144' 1"Imperial Feet43.8918
Breadth43' 3"Imperial Feet13.1318
Depth in Hold19' 7"Imperial Feet5.811
Burthen1,433 ³⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1795Broadside Weight = 700 Imperial Pound ( 317.45 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 32-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
30.9.1795344 E-WIKI

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1796 - 7.1798LieutenantBWAS-17937.1798 - 8.1799CommanderBWAS-17938.1799 - 21.1.1800CommanderBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
5.2.1796Ordered to be given to the Tranport BoardBWAS-1793
6.1796Refitted as a 26 gun Unrated Transport
28.1.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth for Ireland carrying troops

TNC
21.1.1800Wrecked on Lisbon BarBWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

OriginE-WIKI

Laid down as "Earl of Mansfield" for the Honourable East India Company. Purchased while still on the stocks.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

TNCVarious, Periodical

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 31st of May 2026 17:53

Saturday arrived at Falmouth, his Majesty’s packet St George, Captain Yescombe, with a mail from Lisbon, which place she left on the 3d instant. This packet brings the melancholy account of the loss of his Majesty’s ship Weymouth, Captain Crofton, on the 21st January, in attempting to get into the Tagus for the purpose of refitting; she struck on the bar, and soon after went to pieces: no stores of any kind were saved, but fortunately no lives were lost. The Weymouth sailed from Portsmouth with the Cambrian Rangers for Gibraltar. [Hull Packet, 25 February 1800]

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