Barfleur class ship of the line
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The Barfleur-class ships of the line
were a class of four 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by Sir Thomas Slade
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Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
were a class of four 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by Sir Thomas Slade
Thomas Slade
Sir Thomas Slade was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.-Career Outline:...
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Design
The design for the Barfleur class was based upon HMS Royal WilliamHMS Prince (1670)
HMS Prince was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1670. A contemporary shipyard model and a drawing by Willem van de Velde the Elder give a good impression how she looked...
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Ships
- Builder: Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Ordered: 1 March 1762
- Launched: 30 July 1768
- Fate: Broken up, 1819
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 11 June 1766
- Launched: 31 August 1772
- Fate: Broken up, 1839
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 10 September 1767
- Launched: 18 October 1773
- Fate: Broken up, 1807
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 17 August 1768
- Launched: 20 August 1777
- Fate: Broken up, 1813