St Albans-class ship of the line

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.

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

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
gollark: You could probably provide grants for that, hmm.
gollark: Adjusting rates for people in specific cities seems like it would make those cities more expensive. Not doing that incentivizes people to go to cheaper places and reduce the cost of living in the big ones.
gollark: You can in fact move between cities, in the higher-paying jobs which presumably give you more freedom.
gollark: Well, people in those cities can just not go there.
gollark: I don't think that would... function at all.

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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.