HMS Dumbarton Castle (1707)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dumbarton Castle.

History
Scotland
NameDumbarton Castle
BuilderBuilt on the Thames
Launched1696
FateTransferred to Royal Navy 29 November 1707
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Dumbarton Castle
Commissioned28 November 1707
Captured24 April 1708
FateCaptured by French off Waterford
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen284 bm
Length
  • 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m) gundeck
  • 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) keel for tonnage
Beam26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 18 in (3.5 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Dumbarton Castle was the Royal Scottish Naval vessel of the same name transferred to the Royal Navy by the Act of Union of 1707. Her design was based on the standardize 20-gun sixth rates building in England at the time. After commissioning she was assigned to Home Waters. She was captured by the French in April 1708 off Waterford.[1]

Dumbarton Castle was the first named vessel in the Royal Navy.[2]

Construction

She was built for the Scottish Navy on the Thames in 1696 then transferred by the Act of Union to the Royal Navy in 1707. No information is available on her parameters, however, her specifications were probably based on the Maidstone group that was being built at this time. She carried the standard armament of a sixth rate of twenty 6-pounders on the upper deck (UD) and four 4-pounders on the quarterdeck (QD).[3]

Commissioned service

She was commissioned on 28 November 1707 under the command of Commander Mathew Campbell, RN.[4]

Disposition

She was captured by the French 44-gun Le Jersey off Waterford on 26 April 1708.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield 2007
  2. ^ Colledge
  3. ^ Winfield 2007
  4. ^ Winfield 2009
  5. ^ Winfield 2007

References

  • Winfield 2009, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78346-924-6, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 2 May 1660, Ex-Scottish Acquisitions, Dumbarton Castle
  • Winfield 2007, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1714 – 1792), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2007, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78346-925-3, Chapter 6, Sixth Rates, Sixth Rates of 20 or 24 guns, Vessels in service at 1 August 1714, Ex-Scottish Acquisitions, Dumbarton Castle
  • Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7 (EPUB), Section D (Dumbarton Castle)