The Elizabeth-class ships of the line were a class of eight 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
Ships
Ships of the Elizabeth class
Name |
Builder |
Ordered |
Launched |
Fate
|
HMS Elizabeth |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
6 November 1765 |
17 October 1769 |
Broken up, 1797
|
HMS Resolution |
Deptford Dockyard |
16 September 1766 |
12 April 1770 |
Broken up, 1813
|
HMS Cumberland |
Deptford Dockyard |
8 June 1768 |
29 March 1774 |
Broken up, 1804
|
HMS Berwick |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
12 October 1768 |
18 April 1775 |
Wrecked, 1805
|
HMS Bombay Castle |
Perry, Blackwall Yard |
14 July 1779 |
14 June 1782 |
Wrecked, 1796
|
HMS Powerful |
Perry, Blackwall Yard |
8 July 1780 |
3 April 1783 |
Broken up, 1812
|
HMS Defiance |
Randall, Rotherhithe |
11 July 1780 |
10 December 1783 |
Broken up, 1817
|
HMS Swiftsure |
Wells, Deptford |
19 June 1782 |
4 April 1787 |
Broken up, 1816
|
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.