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  Country Great Britain
  Country Flag British-White-Ensign-1707svg
  Operators Royal Navy
  First In Service Date 16 May 1763
  Final Out Of Service Date 1820
  Total Ships In Class 5
  Total Ships Sunk 1
  Total Ships Scrapped 4
  Ship Type Ship Of The Line
  Ship Length 168 ft (gun deck)<br />
  Ship Propulsion Sails
  Ship Armament 74 guns:<br />


The ''Albion''-class Ships Of The Line were a class of five 74-gun Third Rate s, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade .


DESIGN

Slade based the design of the ''Albion''-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship .


SHIPS


:Ordered: 1 December 1759
:Launched: 16 May 1763
:Fate: Wrecked, 1797


  • :Builder: Deptford Dockyard

:Ordered: 22 October 1767
:Launched: 26 September 1771
:Fate: Broken up, 1816


  • :Builder: Deptford Dockyard

:Ordered: 21 August 1774
:Launched: 30 July 1779
:Fate: Broken up, 1817


:Ordered: 2 February 1778
:Launched: 23 March 1780
:Fate: Broken up, 1820


:Ordered: 8 July 1778
:Launched: 6 December 1782
:Fate: Broken up, 1806


REFERENCE


  • 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.