HMS Ormonde (1711)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ormonde and HMS Dragon.

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

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]

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.