The ''Courageux''-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun

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. Their design was a direct copy of the French ship , captured in 1761 by . This class of ship is sometimes referred to as the ''Leviathan'' class. A further two ships of the class were built to a slightly lengthened version of the ''Courageux'' draught. A final two ships were ordered to a third modification of the draught.

Ships

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* :Builder: Dudman,

Deptford Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...

:Ordered: 14 July 1779 :Launched: 21 January 1783 :Fate: Broken up, 1825 * :Builder: Clevely,

Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Ro ...

:Ordered: 13 December 1781 :Launched: 4 April 1787 :Fate: Wrecked, 1798 * :Builder:

Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ...

:Ordered: 9 December 1779 :Launched: 9 October 1790 :Fate: Sold out of the service, 1848 * :Builder:

Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich in north-west Kent, where many ships were built from the early 1 ...

:Ordered: 3 December 1782 :Launched: 6 November 1793 :Fate: Wrecked, 1810

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* :Builder: Brindley,

Frindsbury Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, Kent, Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the ...

:Ordered: 24 November 1802 :Launched: 18 November 1807 :Fate: Sold, 1838 * :Builder:

Deptford Dockyard Deptford Dockyard was an important naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It built and maintained warships for 350 years, and many significant events a ...

:Ordered: 23 July 1805 :Launched: 28 March 1808 :Fate: Broken up, 1825

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* :Builder: Deptford Dockyard :Ordered: 30 October 1805 :Launched: 23 August 1808 :Fate: Sold, 1816 * :Builder: Woolwich Dockyard :Ordered: 30 October 1805 :Launched: 3 March 1809 :Fate: Sold, 1816

References

*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ship of the line classes {{UK-line-ship-stub