Royal Oak-class ship of the line

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|Name=Royal Oak

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|Class before={{sclass|Elizabeth|ship of the line|4}}

|Class after={{sclass|Culloden|ship of the line|4}}

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|In service range= 13 November 1769 - 1818

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|Ship length=*168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck)

  • 138 ft 2 in (42.1 m) (keel)

|Ship beam=46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)

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|Ship armament=*74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

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|Ship notes=Ships in class include: {{HMS|Royal Oak|1769|2}}, {{HMS|Conqueror|1773|2}}, {{HMS|Bedford|1775|2}}, {{HMS|Hector|1774|2}}, {{HMS|Vengeance|1774|2}}, {{HMS|Sultan|1775|2}}

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The Royal Oak-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams. The {{sclass|Alfred|ship of the line|4}} were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.

Ships

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  • {{HMS|Royal Oak|1769|6}}

:Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

:Ordered: 16 November 1765

:Launched: 13 November 1769

:Fate: Broken up, 1815

  • {{HMS|Conqueror|1773|6}}

:Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

:Ordered: 12 October 1768

:Laid Down: October 1769

:Launched: 18 October 1773

:Completed for Sea: 12 July 1777

:Fate: Broken up, November 1794

  • {{HMS|Bedford|1775|6}}

:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

:Ordered: 12 October 1768

:Launched: 27 October 1775

:Fate: Broken up, 1817

  • {{HMS|Hector|1774|6}}

:Builder: Adams, Deptford

:Ordered: 14 January 1771

:Launched: 27 May 1774

:Fate: Broken up, 1816

  • {{HMS|Vengeance|1774|6}}

:Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe

:Ordered: 14 January 1771

:Launched: 25 June 1774

:Fate: Broken up, 1816

  • {{HMS|Sultan|1775|6}}

:Builder: Barnard, Harwich

:Ordered: 14 January 1771

:Launched: 23 December 1775

:Fate: Broken up, 1816

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References

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  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
  • Winfield, Rif. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, {{ISBN|1-86176-295-X}}

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Category:Ship of the line classes

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