St Albans-class ship of the line

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Class overview
NameSt Albans
OperatorsNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Preceded by Essexclass
Succeeded by Exeterclass
In service12 September 1764 – 1814
Completed3
Lost1
General characteristics
Type Ship of the line
Length
  • 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
  • 131 ft 7+34 in (40.126 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
PropulsionSails
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

The St Albans-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

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Design

Slade based the St Albans draught on that of his earlier 74-gun Bellonaclass.

Ships

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard, London
Ordered: 13 January 1761
Launched: 12 September 1764
Fate: Broken up, 1814
Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 13 January 1761
Launched: 24 October 1763
Fate: Burned, 1777
Builder: Clevely, Gravesend
Ordered: 2 August 1780
Launched: 9 March 1784
Fate: Broken up, 1801

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