Alfred-class ship of the line

Class overview
HMS Warrior as a prison ship. This image was published in 1862.
Name:	Alfred
Operators:	Royal Navy French Navy
Preceded by:	Culloden-class
Succeeded by:	Ganges-class
In service:	8 October 1778 - 1857
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	169 ft (52 m) (gundeck) 138 ft 5¼ in (42.3 m) (keel)
Beam:	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders
Notes:	Ships in class include: Alexander, Alfred, Warrior, Montague

The Alfred-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.^[1]^[2] They were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.^[3]

Ships

HMS Alexander^[1]

Builder: Deptford Dockyard

Ordered: 21 July 1773

Launched: 8 October 1778

Fate: Broken up, 1819

HMS Alfred^[1]

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 13 August 1772

Launched: 22 October 1778

Fate: Broken up, 1814

HMS Warrior^[1]

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 13 July 1773

Launched: 18 October 1781

Fate: Broken up, 1857

HMS Montague^[2]^[3]

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 16 July 1774

Laid Down: 30 January 1775

Launched: 28 August 1779

Completed for Sea: 23 September 1779

Fate: Broken up, 1818

A fifth ship Edgar was also ordered (16 July 1774) to this design, but on 25 August 1774 was altered to the modified Arrogant design.^[3]

Notes

1 2 3 4 Lavery The Ship of the Line - Volume 1
1 2 Lyon The Sailing Navy List
1 2 3 Winfield British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792

References

Lavery, Brian, The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8
Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN 0-85177-617-5
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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