Neptune-class ship of the line

HMS Neptune at the Battle of Trafalgar
Class overview
Name:	Neptune
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Boyne-class
Succeeded by:	Boyne-class
In service:	28 January 1797 - 1857
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	185 ft (56 m) (gundeck) 152 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in (46.5 m) (keel)
Beam:	51 ft (16 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: Neptune, Temeraire, Dreadnought

The Neptune-class ships of the line were a class of three 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. All three of the ships in the class took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Ships

• HMS Neptune

Builder: Deptford Dockyard

Ordered: 15 February 1790

Launched: 28 January 1797

Fate: Broken up, 1818

• HMS Temeraire

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 9 December 1790

Launched: 11 September 1798

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1838

• HMS Dreadnought

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 17 January 1788

Launched: 13 June 1801

Fate: Broken up, 1857

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.