Neptune-class ship of the line

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Class overview
Name:Neptune class
Operators:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Boyneclass
Succeeded by: Boyneclass
In service: 28 January 1797–1857
Completed: 3
General characteristics
Type: Ship of the line
Length:
  • 185 ft (56 m) (gundeck)
  • 152 ft 6 12 in (46.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 51 ft (16 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:
  • 98 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
Notes: Ships in class include: Neptune, Temeraire, Dreadnought

The Neptune-class ships of the line were a class of three 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. All three of the ships in the class took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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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.

Sir John Henslow was Surveyor to the Navy a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806.

Battle of Trafalgar 1805 battle of the Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars (1796–1815).

Ships

Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 15 February 1790
Launched: 28 January 1797
Fate: Broken up, 1818
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 9 December 1790
Launched: 11 September 1798
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1838
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Ordered: 17 January 1788
Launched: 13 June 1801
Fate: Broken up, 1857

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