Ganges-class ship of the line

Fight of HMS Tremendous (in the foreground) and HMS Hindostan against the French frigate La Cannonière, 21 April 1806, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert
Class overview
Name:	Ganges
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Alfred-class
Succeeded by:	Courageux-class
In service:	30 March 1782 - 1897
Completed:	6
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	169 ft 6 in (51.66 m) (gundeck) 138 ft 7 ^3⁄4 in (42.3 m) (keel)
Beam:	47 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (14.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gun deck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gun deck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarter deck: 14 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders
Notes:	Ships in class include: Ganges, Culloden, Tremendous, Invincible, Minden, Minotaur

The Ganges-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Edward Hunt.

Ships

• HMS Ganges

Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 14 July 1779

Launched: 30 March 1782

Fate: Broken up, 1816

• HMS Culloden

Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 12 July 1779

Launched: 16 June 1783

Fate: Broken up, 1813

• HMS Tremendous

Builder: Barnard, Deptford

Ordered: 1 January 1782

Launched: 30 October 1784

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1897

• HMS Invincible

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered: 25 June 1801

Launched: 15 March 1808

Fate: Broken up, 1861

• HMS Minden

Builder: Jamshedji Bomanji Wadia, Duncan Docks, Bombay

Ordered: 9 July 1801

Launched: 19 June 1810

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1861

• HMS Minotaur

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 3 December 1811

Laid Down: December 1812

Launched: 15 April 1816

Fate: Hulked, 1842, BU 1869

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.
• 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