Black Prince class ship of the line
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The Black Prince-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates built for the Royal Navy
in the closing years of the Napoleonic War. The draught for this class of ship was essentially a reduced version of the captured Danish
ship Christian VII.
The Wellesley, while ordered to be built to this design and always officially so classified, was actually built to the design of and used the moulds of the Cornwallis, a Vengeur/Armada class ship
previously built at Bombay; this was because the set of plans sent from the Navy Board and intended for the construction of the Wellesley were lost en route to India when the ship carrying them was captured and burnt by the Americans.
The Hawke was converted to screw propulsion in the 1850s when adapted as a 60-gun "blockship".
Royal Navy
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in the closing years of the Napoleonic War. The draught for this class of ship was essentially a reduced version of the captured Danish
Denmark
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ship Christian VII.
The Wellesley, while ordered to be built to this design and always officially so classified, was actually built to the design of and used the moulds of the Cornwallis, a Vengeur/Armada class ship
Vengeur class ship of the line
The Vengeur-class ships of the line were a class of forty 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the Surveyors of the Navy at the time...
previously built at Bombay; this was because the set of plans sent from the Navy Board and intended for the construction of the Wellesley were lost en route to India when the ship carrying them was captured and burnt by the Americans.
The Hawke was converted to screw propulsion in the 1850s when adapted as a 60-gun "blockship".
Ships
- Builder: Bombay DockyardBombay DockyardBombay Dockyard—also known as Naval Dockyard—is an Indian shipbuilding yard at Mumbai.Shipbuilding was an established profession throughout the Indian coastline prior to the advent of the Europeans and it contributed significantly to maritime exploration throughout Indian maritime history. Indian...
- Ordered: 6 January 1812
- Begun: May 1813
- Launched: 24 February 1815
- Fate: Sunk in air attack by the LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
, 1940
- Builder: Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Ordered: 14 August 1810
- Begun: July 1814
- Launched: 30 March 1816
- Fate: Broken up, 1855
- Builder: Bombay Dockyard
- Ordered: 6 September 1813
- Begun: July 1815
- Launched: 17 February 1817
- Fate: Sold, 1873
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 6 January 1812
- Begun: April 1815
- Launched: 16 March 1820
- Fate: Broken up, 1865