Alfred class ship of the line

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Class overview
Name: Alfred
Operators: Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy
Naval flag of France French Navy
Preceded by: Culloden-class
Succeeded by: Ganges-class
In service: 8 October 1778 - 1857
Completed: 4
General characteristics
Type: Ship of the line
Length:

169 ft (51.5 m) (gundeck)

138 ft 5¼ in (42.3 m) (keel)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Notes: Ships in class include: Alexander, Alfred, Warrior, Montague

The Alfred-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.[1][2] They were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.[3]

[edit] Ships

Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 21 July 1773
Launched: 8 October 1778
Fate: Broken up, 1819
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 13 August 1772
Launched: 22 October 1778
Fate: Broken up, 1814
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Ordered: 13 July 1773
Launched: 18 October 1781
Fate: Broken up, 1857
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 16 July 1774
Laid Down: 30 January 1775
Launched: 28 August 1779
Completed for Sea: 23 September 1779
Fate: Broken up, 1818
  • A fifth ship Edgar was also ordered (16 July 1774) to this design, but on 25 August 1774 was altered to the modified Arrogant design.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Lavery The Ship of the Line - Volume 1
  2. ^ a b Lyon The Sailing Navy List
  3. ^ a b c Winfield British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian, The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850, 1983, 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
  • Winfield, Rif, British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, ISBN 1-86176-295-X
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