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This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
Dragon (1542) – taken to pieces 1552. Greyhound (1545) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558. George (1546) - taken to pieces 1558. Second group The four ships built to this type (together with two similar vessels captured from the Scots) were four-masted galleasses with a higher forecastle.
Ships of the Royal Navy. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
Peregrine Galley – 1 ship, with 16 × 6-pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1700; Nightingale Group – 3 ships, with 20 × 6-pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1702–1704 Nightingale (1702) – taken by the French 1707, retaken and renamed Fox 1708, rebuilt in 1724. Squirrel (1703) – taken by the French 1703. Squirrel (1704) – taken by the French 1706, retaken 1708 and ...
Gallery of past and present naval vessels of the United Kingdom. HMS Ajax (1798) an Ajax-class ship of the line that served in the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Ajax is a Third-rate ship which formed the majority of the Royal Navy's ships of the line at that time. Ships of the line were the main ships used in naval battles at the time. HMS Paladin (1916 ...
Seaforth Publishing. Publication date. 2005-2014. British Warships in the Age of Sail is a series of four books by maritime historian Rif Winfield comprising a historical reference work providing details of all recorded ships that served or were intended to serve in the (British) Royal Navy from 1603 to 1863.
HMS Dragon 1845. HMS Penelope 1843 – first class, originally built as a sailing frigate in 1829. HMS Retribution 1844 – first class, originally classed just as a 'steam vessel', modified version of Cyclops[1] HMS Terrible 1845 – first class, originally classed just as a 'steam vessel'. HMS Avenger 1845 – first class.
A 1728 diagram illustrating a first- and a third-rate ship. The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the number of their carriage-mounted guns.