St Albans-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	St Albans
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Essex class
Succeeded by	Exeter class
In service	12 September 1764 – 1814
Completed	3
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 7+3⁄4 in (40.126 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Propulsion	Sails
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.

Design

Slade based the St Albans draught on that of his earlier 74-gun Bellona class. ^[1]

Ships

• HMS St Albans

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard, London

Ordered: 13 January 1761

Launched: 12 September 1764

Fate: Broken up, 1814

• HMS Augusta

Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 13 January 1761

Launched: 24 October 1763

Fate: Burned, 1777

• HMS Director

Builder: Clevely, Gravesend

Ordered: 2 August 1780

Launched: 9 March 1784

Fate: Broken up, 1801

Citations

1. Winfield, p. 98

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84415-700-6.