Culloden-class ship of the line

HMS Venerable (centre) at the Battle of Camperdown
Class overview
Name	Culloden
Operators	Royal Navy   French Navy
Preceded by	Royal Oak-class
Succeeded by	Alfred-class
In service	18 May 1776 - 1861
Completed	8
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	170 ft (52 m) (gundeck) 139 ft 8 in (42.57 m) (keel)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders
Notes	Ships in class include: Culloden, Thunderer, Venerable, Terrible, Victorious, Ramillies, Hannibal, Theseus

The Culloden-class ships of the line were a class of eight 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. The Cullodens were the last class of 74s which Slade designed before his death in 1771.

Ships

• HMS Culloden

Builder: Deptford Dockyard

Ordered: 30 November 1769

Launched: 18 May 1776

Fate: Wrecked, 1781

• HMS Thunderer

Builder: Wells, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 23 August 1781

Launched: 13 November 1783

Fate: Broken up, 1814

• HMS Venerable

Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 9 August 1781

Launched: 19 April 1784

Fate: Wrecked, 1804

• HMS Terrible

Builder: Wells, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 13 December 1781

Launched: 28 March 1785

Fate: Broken up, 1836

• HMS Victorious

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 28 December 1781

Launched: 27 April 1785

Fate: Broken up, 1803

• HMS Ramillies

Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 19 June 1782

Launched: 12 July 1785

Fate: Broken up, 1850

• HMS Hannibal

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 19 June 1782

Launched: 15 April 1786

Fate: Captured, 1801

• HMS Theseus

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 11 July 1780

Launched: 25 September 1786

Fate: Broken up, 1814

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN   0-85177-617-5