Royal Navy ships of the line Royal Navy ships of the line HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, completed in 1812. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Cornwall (1812)"
HMS Culloden was a Royal Navy third-rate ship of the line built in Deptford in 1776. She was the fourth warship to be named after the battle of Culloden, which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite Rising. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Culloden (1776)"
HMS Defence was a 3rd rate ship of the line of 74 guns, built at Devonport dockyard in 1763 for the Royal Navy. She was one of the most famous ships of the period, taking part in several of the most important naval battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Defence (1763)"
HMS Defiance was a 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, of 74 guns, built in 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1794, 1797 (the Spithead mutiny) and 1798 (the rising of the United Irishmen). She fought at Copenhagen and Trafalgar, where she captured the Spanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno. After serving as a prison ship, she was broken up in 1816. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Defiance (1783)"
HMS Dreadnought was a second-rate of 98 guns of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Portsmouth at midday Saturday, on 13 May 1801, after 13 years on the stocks. She was the first man of war launched since the Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displayed a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Royal arms as emblazoned on the Standard. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Dreadnought (1801)"
HMS Duke of Wellington was a major British warship of the mid-19th century, symptomatic of an era of rapid technological change in the Royal Navy, powered both by sail and steam. She was a screw ship of the line, with towering masts and trim square-set yards, and was the flagship of Sir Charles Napier. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Duke of Wellington"
The HMS Elephant was third-rate ship of the line with 2 gun decks and a complement of 74 guns. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Elephant (1786)"
HMS Fame was a British Royal Navy ship. She was a 3rd rate 74-gun ship of the line of 1,565 tons, launched at Deptford in 1759. Her dimensions were 165ft x 47ft x 19ft. She carried a crew of 600 men. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Fame (1759)"
HMS Ganges was an 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on March 30 1782 on the Thames. She was the first ship of the Navy to bear the name. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Ganges (1782)"
HMS Ganges was an 84-gun 2nd rate of the Royal Navy launched on November 10 1821 at Bombay Dockyard. She is notable for being the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship, and was the second ship to have borne the name. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Ganges (1821)"
HMS Glatton was a 56-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Originally an East Indiaman, she was bought by the Royal Navy in 1795, and converted into a warship. She was commanded by Henry Trollope when she fought in the Battle of Camperdown, in 1797. She was commanded by Captain William Bligh, formerly of HMS Bounty, and fought at the Battle of Copenhagen, in 1801. In 1814, she was converted into a water depot and subsequently sunk as a breakwater in 1830. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Glatton (1795)"
HMS Grampus was a 50-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned at Portsmouth by Captain T. Gordon Caulfield in March 1803 and was ordered to the Downs on May 7. As soon as her complement of men was completed and her bounty paid she sailed to join Admiral Thornborough's squadron off Goree. She returned to Portsmouth from Guernsey on June 20 to fit out for the East Indies and sailed with a convoy under her protection on June 29. She carried £100,000 being shipped by the British East India Company to Bengal. She spent 1805 in the East Indies. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Grampus (1802)"
HMS Hercules was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1853 and sold 1865. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Hercules (1815)"
HMS Howe was a 110-gun screw 1st rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 13th March 1860. Howe was named after Admiral Richard Howe, later renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable 27th September 1886. Howe was sold in 1921. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Howe (1860)"
HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She began her career as the French ship Duguay-Trouin, launched at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime in 1789. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Implacable (1805)"
HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Invincible (1747)"
HMS Leopard was a British 50-gun Ship-of-the-Line involved in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. She was built in 1775 at Portsmouth Dockyard and finally launched in 1790 from Sheerness. In early 1807, a number of British and American sailors deserted their respective ships, then blockading French ships in Chesapeake Bay, and joined the crew of the USS Chesapeake. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Leopard (1790)"
HMS Leviathan was a third-rate ship of the line of 1707 tons and 74 guns launched on 9 October 1790. She saw action at the Battle of Trafalgar. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Leviathan (1790)"
HMS Lion was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on September 3 1777 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Lion (1777)"
HMS Mars, launched in 1794 at Deptford, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Mars (1794)"
HMS Minden was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by the Indian company Jamshedji Bomanji Wadia in 1810. Christened and launched from the Duncan docks in Bombay on June 23 of that year, she was the first RN ship built outside of the British Isles. Minden saw service during the War of 1812, and it was aboard her that Francis Scott Key wrote " The Star-Spangled Banner". In 1816, Minden participated in the Battle of Algiers. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Minden"
HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1793. She fought at the Battle of the Nile and at the Battle of Trafalgar. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Minotaur (1793)"
The second HMS Monmouth was a 66-gun third-rate warship of the British Royal Navy, named for the town of Monmouth in Wales. She served from 1667 to 1767, winning ten battle honours over a century of active service. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Monmouth (1667)"
HMS Neptune (1797 at Deptford) was a 98-gun 2nd rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. Commanded by Captain Thomas Fremantle, she played an important role in the battle, stationed third in the weather line, behind the flagship Victory and the Temeraire. After the battle, it was the Neptune that towed the crippled Victory, bearing Nelson's body, back to Gibraltar. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Neptune (1797)"
The first HMS Norfolk was an 80-gun, third-rate ship of the line. She was built at Southampton and launched in 1693. The ship displaced 1184 tons and was shortly afterwards re-built in Plymouth. ...more on Wikipedia about "HMS Norfolk (1693)"
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