St Albans class ship of the line
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| 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 (48.5 m) (gundeck)
131 ft 7¾ in (40.1 m) (keel) |
| Beam: |
44 ft 4 in (13.5 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails |
| Armament: |
64 guns:
- Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
- Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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| Notes: |
Ships in class include: St Albans, Augusta, Director |
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.
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
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.