America-class ship of the line

Not to be confused with America class steamship or America class amphibious assault ship.

Class overview
HMS Northumberland at the Action of 22 May 1812.
Name:	America
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Pompée-class
In service:	2 February 1798 - 1850
Completed:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 150 ft (45.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	48 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in (14.821 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders
Notes:	Ships in class include: Northumberland, Renown

The America-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates. They were built for the Royal Navy to the lines of the Téméraire-class French ship America, which had been captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impetueux.

Ships

HMS Northumberland

Builder: Barnard, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 2 February 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1850

HMS Renown

Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 2 May 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1835

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.

Winfield,Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

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