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A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides.
This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on ...
Ships of the line of France (1 C) N. Ships of the line of the Netherlands (2 C, 1 P) O. Ships of the line of the Ottoman Empire (1 C) P. Ships of the line of Portugal ...
HMS Worcester Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard Ordered: 16 November 1765 Launched: 17 October 1769 Fate: Broken up, 1816. HMS Stirling Castle Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 12 October 1768
The Mars-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the large class ships of the line, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow.. The two ships of the Mars class were the first large 74s since the Valiant class of 1759, carrying the heavier armament of 24 pdrs on their upper decks, as opposed to the 18 pdrs of the middling and common classes.
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The ship was large for its armament: with a keel length of 43.2 metres (142 ft) it rivalled the British 100-gun first-rate HMS Royal William, although with a width of 13.4 metres (44 ft), it was almost 2 metres (6.6 ft) narrower than the Royal William.
There were two distinct sub-groups; four ships were built in the Royal Dockyards to the original design, approved on 25 April 1760 – although the name-ship Ramillies had originally been ordered as a Bellona-class unit. Slade subsequently amended his design for the ships which were to be built by commercial contractors – this modified design ...