Neptune-class ship of the line

	HMS Neptune at the Battle of Trafalgar
Class overview
Name:	Neptune class
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Boyne class
Succeeded by:	Boyne class
In service:	28 January 1797–1857
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	185 ft (56 m) (gundeck); 152 ft 6 1⁄2 in (46.5 m) (keel);
Beam:	51 ft (16 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	98 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs;
Notes:	Ships in class include: Neptune, Temeraire, Dreadnought

The Neptune-class ships of the line were a class of three 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. All three of the ships in the class took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Ships

HMS Neptune

Builder: Deptford Dockyard

Ordered: 15 February 1790

Launched: 28 January 1797

Fate: Broken up, 1818

HMS Temeraire

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 9 December 1790

Launched: 11 September 1798

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1838

HMS Dreadnought

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 17 January 1788

Launched: 13 June 1801

Fate: Broken up, 1857

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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.

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