Ganges class ship of the line
Encyclopedia
The Ganges-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by Sir Edward Hunt.
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 Edward Hunt.
Ships
- Builder: Randall, RotherhitheRotherhitheRotherhithe is a residential district in inner southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area...
- Ordered: 14 July 1779
- Launched: 30 March 1782
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
- Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
- Ordered: 12 July 1779
- Launched: 16 June 1783
- Fate: Broken up, 1813
- Builder: Barnard, DeptfordDeptfordDeptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
- Ordered: 1 January 1782
- Launched: 30 October 1784
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1897
- Builder: Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Ordered: 25 June 1801
- Launched: 15 March 1808
- Fate: Broken up, 1861
- Builder: Jamshedji Bomanji Wadia, Duncan Docks, Bombay
- Ordered: 9 July 1801
- Launched: 19 June 1810
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1861
- 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: 3 December 1811
- Laid Down: December 1812
- Launched: 15 April 1816
- Fate: Hulked, 1842, BU 1869