St Albans-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name:	St Albans
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Essex-class
Succeeded by:	Exeter-class
In service:	12 September 1764 – 1814
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 7¾ in (40.1 m) (keel)
Beam:	44 ft 4 in (13.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: St Albans, Augusta, Director

The St Albans-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Design

Slade based the St Albans draught on that of his earlier 74-gun Bellona-class.

Ships

• HMS St Albans

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard, London

Ordered: 13 January 1761

Launched: 12 September 1764

Fate: Broken up, 1814

• HMS Augusta

Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 13 January 1761

Launched: 24 October 1763

Fate: Burned, 1777

• HMS Director

Builder: Clevely, Gravesend

Ordered: 2 August 1780

Launched: 9 March 1784

Fate: Broken up, 1801

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.