• Source: Albion-class ship of the line (1763)

The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of five 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.




Design


Slade based the design of the Albion-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship Neptune.




Ships


HMS Albion
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 1 December 1759
Launched: 16 May 1763
Fate: Wrecked, 1797
HMS Grafton
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 22 October 1767
Launched: 26 September 1771
Fate: Broken up, 1816
HMS Alcide
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 21 August 1774
Launched: 30 July 1779
Fate: Broken up, 1817
HMS Fortitude
Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 2 February 1778
Launched: 23 March 1780
Fate: Broken up, 1820
HMS Irresistible
Builder: Barnard, Harwich
Ordered: 8 July 1778
Launched: 6 December 1782
Fate: Broken up, 1806




References

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• Albion-class ship of the line (1763)
• HMS Albion (1763)
• HMS Albion
• Albion (disambiguation)
• HMS Albion (L14)
• Seventy-four (ship)
• List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy
• List of ships named Albion
• HMS Grafton (1771)
• HMS Fortitude (1780)