The ''Albion''-class

ships of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...

were a class of five 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Design

Slade based the design of the ''Albion''-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship .

Ships

* :Builder: Deptford Dockyard :Ordered: 1 December 1759 :Launched: 16 May 1763 :Fate: Wrecked, 1797 * :Builder: Deptford Dockyard :Ordered: 22 October 1767 :Launched: 26 September 1771 :Fate: Broken up, 1816 * :Builder: Deptford Dockyard :Ordered: 21 August 1774 :Launched: 30 July 1779 :Fate: Broken up, 1817 * :Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe :Ordered: 2 February 1778 :Launched: 23 March 1780 :Fate: Broken up, 1820 * :Builder: Barnard,

Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...

:Ordered: 8 July 1778 :Launched: 6 December 1782 :Fate: Broken up, 1806

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