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The "seventy-four" was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns.It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently developed 64-gun ships.
The most common size of sail ship of the line was the "74" (named for its 74 guns), originally developed by France in the 1730s, and later adopted by all battleship navies. Until this time the British had 6 sizes of ship of the line, and they found that their smaller 50- and 60-gun ships were becoming too small for the battle line, while their ...
On 20 November 1776, the Continental Congress authorized the construction of three 74-gun ships of the line. One of these was America, laid down in May 1777 in the shipyard of John Langdon on Rising Castle Island (now Badger's Island) in Kittery, Maine, across the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Téméraire-class ships of the line (130 P) Pages in category "74-gun ship of the line classes" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Royal Oak-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams. The Alfred class were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class. Ships
The Black Prince-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates built for the Royal Navy in the closing years of the Napoleonic War. The draught for this class of ship was essentially a reduced version of the captured Danish ship Christian VII .
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The Valiant-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the Royal Navy. Design [ edit ] The draught for the two Valiant -class ships was a copy of the lines of the captured French ship Invincible , which had been captured during the First Battle of Cape Finisterre .