Alfred-class ship of the line

HMS Warrior (centre) off Reefness in September 1807

Class overview
Name| Alfred class
Operators|

* Royal Navy
* French Navy

Preceded by| Culloden class
Succeeded by| Ganges class
In service| 8 October 1778 – 1857
Completed| 4
General characteristics
Type| Ship of the line
Length|

* 169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
* 138 ft 5¼ in (42.3 m) (keel)

Beam| 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Propulsion| Sails
Armament|

* 74 guns:
* Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
* Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
* Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders
* Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders

Notes| Ships in class include: Alexander, Alfred, Warrior, Montague

The Alfred-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.[1][2] They were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.[3]

## Ships

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* HMS Alexander[1]

Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 21 July 1773
Launched: 8 October 1778
Fate: Broken up, 1819

* HMS Alfred[1]

Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 13 August 1772
Launched: 22 October 1778
Fate: Broken up, 1814

* HMS Warrior[1]

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Ordered: 13 July 1773
Launched: 18 October 1781
Fate: Broken up, 1857

* HMS Montague[2][3]

Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 16 July 1774
Laid Down: 30 January 1775
Launched: 28 August 1779
Completed for Sea: 23 September 1779
Fate: Broken up, 1818

* A fifth ship Edgar was also ordered (16 July 1774) to this design, but on 25 August 1774 was altered to the modified Arrogant design.[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Lavery The Ship of the Line – Volume 1
2. ^ a b Lyon The Sailing Navy List
3. ^ a b c Winfield British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792

## References

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* Lavery, Brian, The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8
* Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy – Built, Purchased and Captured 1688–1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN 0-85177-617-5
* Winfield, Rif, British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, ISBN 1-86176-295-X

## External links

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* Media related to Alfred class ship of the line at Wikimedia Commons

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