Hercules class ship of the line
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The Hercules class ships of the line
were a class of two 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by Sir Thomas Slade
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Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
were a class of two 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by Sir Thomas Slade
Thomas Slade
Sir Thomas Slade was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.-Career Outline:...
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Design
The Hercules class ships were a development on Slade's previous two designs: the , and the subsequent one-off .Ships
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 15 July 1756
- Launched: 15 March 1759
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
- 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: 15 July 1756
- Launched: 19 March 1760
- Fate: Wrecked, 1780