Temple class ship of the line
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Temple |
| Operators: |
Royal Navy |
| In service: |
1759 - 1752 |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Lost: |
2 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
68-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: |
1422 bm |
| Length: |
160 ft 0 in (48.8 m) (gundeck)
132 ft 0 in (40.2 m) (keel) |
| Beam: |
45 ft 0 in (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: |
19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
| Sail plan: |
Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: |
520 officers and men |
| Armament: |
68 guns:
- Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
- Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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The Temple class ships were two 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy to the lines of the Vanguard of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment. The Temple class ships were the last 68-gun ships to be built - both by commercial contract - to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment.
Ships
- Builder: Hugh Blaydes, Hull
- Ordered: 9 September 1756
- Laid down: 17 November 1755
- Launched: 3 November 1758
- Completed: 11 March 1759
- Fate: Foundered off Cape Clear, 18 December 1762
- Builder: John Barnard & John Turner, Harwich
- Ordered: 11 January 1757
- Laid down: 9 February 1757
- Launched: 24 May 1758
- Completed: 3 February 1759 at Harwich, then 15 March 1759 at Portsmouth
- Fate:Wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 26 October 1760
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.
- Lyon, David (1993) The Sailing Navy List. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714 - 1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1861762955
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