- Ramillies class ship of the line
The "Ramillies"-class ships of the line were a class of nine 74-gun
third rate s, designed for theRoyal Navy by SirThomas Slade .Design
The draught for the "Ramillies"-class was very similar to that of the sclass|Bellona|ship of the line|0 and subsequent sclass|Arrogant|ship of the line|0, with the only real differences to be found in the shape of the underwater hull. There were two distinct sub-groups; four ships were built in the Royal Dockyards to the original design, approved on
25 April 1760 - although the name-ship "Ramillies" had originally been ordered as a sclass|Bellona|ship of the line|0 unit. Slade subsequently amended his design for the ships which were to be built by commercial contractors - this modified design, with slightly amended dimensions, being approved on13 January 1761 .hips
First group
Dockyard-built ships:
*HMS|Ramillies|1763|6:Builder:
Chatham Dockyard :Ordered:1 December 1759 :Laid down:25 August 1760 :Launched:25 April 1763 :Completed: November1763 :Fate: Abandoned and burned off Newfoundland,21 September 1782 .*HMS|Monarch|1765|6:Builder:
Deptford Dockyard :Ordered:22 November 1760 :Laid down:2 June 1761 :Launched:20 July 1765 :Completed:24 September 1765 :Fate: Broken up at Chatham, March1813 *HMS|Magnificent|1767|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered:
16 December 1761 :Laid down:15 April 1762 :Launched:20 September 1767 :Completed: September1778 :Fate: Wrecked off Brest,25 March 1804 .*HMS|Marlborough|1767|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered:
4 December 1762 :Laid down:3 June 1763 :Launched:26 August 1767 :Completed:1 December 1767 :Fate: Wrecked offBelleisle ,4 November 1800 econd (modified) group
Contract-built ships:
*HMS|Terrible|1762|6:Builder: John Barnard,
Harwich :Ordered:1 January 1761 :Laid down: February1761 :Launched:4 September 1762 :Completed:18 December 1762 :Fate: Burned following theBattle of Chesapeake ,11 September 1781 *HMS|Russell|1764|6:Builder: Thomas West,
Deptford :Ordered:1 January 1761 :Laid down: June1761 :Launched:10 November 1764 :Completed:6 January 1765 at Woolwich Dockyard:Fate: Sold out of the service in the East Indies,1811 *HMS|Invincible|1765|6:Builder: John and William Wells, Deptford:Ordered:
12 October 1761 :Laid down: December1761 :Launched:9 March 1765 :Completed: February1777 at Chatham Dockyard.:Fate: Wrecked offYarmouth ,16 March 1801 *HMS|Robust|1764|6:Builder: John Barnard, Harwich:Ordered:
16 December 1761 :Laid down: February1762 :Launched:25 October 1764 :Completed:10 December 1764 :Fate: Broken up atPortsmouth , January1817 *HMS|Prince of Wales|1765|6:Builder: Henry Bird and Roger Fisher,
Milford :Ordered:16 December 1762 :Laid down: March1762 :Launched:4 June 1765 :Completed:22 December 1770 at Plymouth Dockyard:Fate: Broken up at Plymouth, August1783 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.
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