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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.
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates by Rif Winfield, pub Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6. Tudor Sea Power: the Foundation of Greatness, by David Childs, pub Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-031-4. The Tudor Navy, by Arthur Nelson, pub Conways, 2001. ISBN 0-85177 ...
Pages in category "1800s ships" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. Leda ' s design was based on the French Hébé, which the British had captured in 1782. (Hébé herself was the name vessel for the French Hébé-class frigates.
In 1800, Russia, Sweden and Denmark–Norway agreed to resist British warships searching neutral shipping for French goods and in 1801 the Danes closed their ports to British shipping. This caused Britain to attack ships and the fort at the Battle of Copenhagen .
She was also the world's second largest warship until the completion of HMS Warrior, Britain's first ironclad battleship, in 1861. Victoria's hull was 79.2 metres (260 feet) long and 18.3 metres (60 feet) wide. She had a medium draught of 8.4 metres (28 feet). Her hull was heavily strapped with diagonal iron riders for extra stability.
This is a list of all naval vessels ever used by the United Kingdom under the Royal Navy and other UK maritime organisations or groups that participated in UK conflicts. . This list will consist of lists of naval vessels used at specific time periods such as World War II and the Modern day as well as a list of Royal Navy ship names that will look at all Royal Navy ships ever u
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2014) ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4. Pending availability of the fourth volume in the series, sailing warships after 1817 were covered (in somewhat less detail) by The Sail and Steam Navy List , 1815–1889 , by David Lyon and Rif Winfield.