Temple class ship of the line
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The Temple class ships were two 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy
to the lines of the Vanguard
of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment
.
The Temple class ships were the last 68-gun ships to be built - both by commercial contract - to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment
.
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...
to the lines of the Vanguard
HMS Vanguard (1748)
HMS Vanguard was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 April 1748. She was built by Philemon Ewer at his East Cowes yard on the Isle of Wight to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, at a cost of £8,009...
of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment
1745 Establishment
The 1745 Establishment was the third and final formal establishment of dimensions for ships to be built for the Royal Navy. It completely superseded the previous 1719 Establishment, which had subsequently been modified in 1733 and again in 1741...
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The Temple class ships were the last 68-gun ships to be built - both by commercial contract - to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment
1745 Establishment
The 1745 Establishment was the third and final formal establishment of dimensions for ships to be built for the Royal Navy. It completely superseded the previous 1719 Establishment, which had subsequently been modified in 1733 and again in 1741...
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Ships
- Builder: Hugh Blaydes, HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
- Ordered: 9 September 1756
- Laid down: 17 November 1755
- Launched: 3 November 1758
- Completed: 11 March 1759
- Fate: Foundered off Cape Clear, 18 December 1762
- Builder: John Barnard & John Turner, HarwichHarwichHarwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...
- Ordered: 11 January 1757
- Laid down: 9 February 1757
- Launched: 24 May 1758
- Completed: 3 February 1759 at Harwich, then 15 March 1759 at Portsmouth
- Fate:Wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 26 October 1760