HMS Dumbarton Castle (1707)

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

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]

History
Scotland
Name	Dumbarton Castle
Builder	Built on the Thames
Launched	1696
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy 29 November 1707
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Dumbarton Castle
Commissioned	28 November 1707
Captured	24 April 1708
Fate	Captured by French off Waterford
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	284 bm
Length	92 ft 6 in (28.2 m) gundeck 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 18 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

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]