HMS Ormonde (1711)

HMS Ormonde was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 18 October 1711.[1]

Ormonde
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Ormonde
Namesake:	James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, ship renamed on his fall from grace
Builder:	Ackworth, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched:	18 October 1711
Fate:	Broken up, 1733
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	703 bm
Length:	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

In September 1715, she was renamed Dragon.[2] The next year, commanded by Streynsham Master, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

In 1717, still under Master, she served with Admiral Byng's force in the Baltic Sea, capturing the Swedish Fildrim on 28 June.[2]

Between 1718 and 1725, now commanded by Thomas Scott, she served mainly off Newfoundland and in the Mediterranean.[2]

In 1726, Dragon was assigned to the West Indies station, where Scott would die 25 September, replaced by Perry Mayne.[2]

In June 1727, still on West Indies station, Mayne in turn was replaced by F. Hume.[2]

Ormonde (Dragon) finished her career in the West Indies,[2] serving until 1733, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, Vol.1, p.168.
2. National Maritime Museum Warship Histories Archived 2 August 2011 at the UK Government Web Archive.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.