Valiant class ship of the line
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The Valiant-class ships of the line
were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the Royal Navy
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. They were slightly longer than other British
74s of the time, and carried a significantly heavier armament (thirty 24 pdrs on their upper gun decks as opposed to the twenty-eight 18 pdrs found on the upper gun decks of all other British 74s at the time). The second of the two ships was launched in 1764, and there would not be another 'large' type 74 until the , the first of which was launched in 1794.
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 two 74-gun third rates of 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...
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Design
The draught for the two Valiant-class ships was a copy of the lines of the captured French ship , which had been captured during the First Battle of Cape FinisterreFirst battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The First Battle of Cape Finisterre saw 14 British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson attack a French 30-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour...
. They were slightly longer than other British
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
74s of the time, and carried a significantly heavier armament (thirty 24 pdrs on their upper gun decks as opposed to the twenty-eight 18 pdrs found on the upper gun decks of all other British 74s at the time). The second of the two ships was launched in 1764, and there would not be another 'large' type 74 until the , the first of which was launched in 1794.
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: 21 May 1757
- Launched: 10 August 1759
- Fate: Broken up, 1826
- 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: 21 May 1757
- Launched: 3 March 1764
- Fate: Broken up, 1850