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| Class overview |
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| Name | St Albans |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Essex class |
| Succeeded by | Exeter class |
| In service | 12 September 1764 – 1814 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | Ship of the line |
| Length |
- 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
- 131 ft 7+3⁄4 in (40.126 m) (keel)
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| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament |
- 64 guns:
- Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
- Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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The St Albans-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
Design
Slade based the St Albans draught on that of his earlier 74-gun Bellona class.
Ships
- Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard, London
- Ordered: 13 January 1761
- Launched: 12 September 1764
- Fate: Broken up, 1814
- Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe
- Ordered: 13 January 1761
- Launched: 24 October 1763
- Fate: Burned, 1777
- Builder: Clevely, Gravesend
- Ordered: 2 August 1780
- Launched: 9 March 1784
- Fate: Broken up, 1801
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.
