Barfleur-class ship of the line

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The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris, by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hood's Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right, at the Battle of the Saintes.
Class overview
Name:Barfleur
Operators:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Londonclass
Succeeded by: Dukeclass
In service: 30 July 1768 – 1839
Completed: 4
General characteristics
Type: Ship of the line
Length:
  • 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
  • 144 ft 0.75 in (43.9103 m) (keel)
Beam: 50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders
Notes: Ships in class include: Barfleur, Prince George, Princess Royal, Formidable

The Barfleur-class ships of the line were a class of four 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Ship of the line type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through 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 columns of opposing warships maneuvering to fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the side with more cannons, and therefore more firepower typically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time.

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The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by the English kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against the Kingdom of France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is known as the Senior Service.

Thomas Slade British naval architect

Sir Thomas Slade (1703/4–1771) was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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Design

The design for the Barfleur class was based upon HMS Royal William.

HMS <i>Prince</i> (1670)

HMS Prince was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett the Younger at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1670.

Ships

Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 1 March 1762
Launched: 30 July 1768
Fate: Broken up, 1819
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 11 June 1766
Launched: 31 August 1772
Fate: Broken up, 1839
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Ordered: 10 September 1767
Launched: 18 October 1773
Fate: Broken up, 1807
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 17 August 1768
Launched: 20 August 1777
Fate: Broken up, 1813

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