HMS Plymouth (1708)

Plan of the 1722 conversion
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Plymouth
Builder	Lock, Devonport Dockyard (then called Plymouth-Dock)
Launched	25 May 1708
Fate	Broken up, 1764
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	922 (bm)
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck (GD): 24 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck (UGD): 26 × 9-pounder guns QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	954 (bm)
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: GD: 24 × 24-pounder guns UGD: 26 × 9-pounder guns QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Plymouth was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard (Devonport then known as Plymouth-Dock) to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 25 May 1708.^[1]

Orders were issued on 26 May 1720 directing Plymouth to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 2 August 1722. Plymouth remained in service until she was broken up in 1764.^[2]

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• Media related to HMS Plymouth (ship, 1708) at Wikimedia Commons

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