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
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.


ja:セント・オールバンズ級戦列艦