Duke class ship of the line
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The Duke-class ships of the line
were a class of four 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by Sir John Williams.
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 98-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 John Williams.
Ships
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 18 June 1771
- Launched: 18 October 1777
- Fate: Broken up, 1843
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 July 1774
- Launched: 5 July 1788
- Fate: Broken up, 1825
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 July 1774
- Launched: 14 October 1785
- Fate: Wrecked, 1811
- 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: 5 August 1777
- Launched: 13 February 1782
- Fate: Broken up, 1821