Black Prince class ship of the line

Class overview
Name:	Black Prince
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Vengeur-class
In service:	24 February 1815 - 1940
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) 144 ft 9⅞ in (44.142 m) (keel)
Beam:	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
Notes:	Ships in class include: Wellesley, Black Prince, Melville, Hawke

The Black Prince-class ships of the line were a class of 74-gun third rates. The draught for this class of ship was essentially a reduced version of the captured Danish ship Christian VII.

Ships

• HMS Wellesley

Builder: Bombay Dockyard

Ordered: 3 September 1812

Launched: 24 February 1815

Fate: Sunk, 1940

• HMS Black Prince

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered: 30 August 1810

Launched: 30 March 1816

Fate: Broken up, 1855

• HMS Melville

Builder: Bombay Dockyard

Ordered: 6 September 1813

Launched: 17 February 1817

Fate: Sold, 1873

• HMS Hawke

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered:

Launched: 16 March 1820

Fate: Broken up, 1865

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.