Culloden-class ship of the line

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HMS Hannibal (left foreground) lies aground and dismasted at the Battle of Algeciras Bay.

Class overview
Name| Culloden
Operators|

* Royal Navy
* French Navy

Preceded by| Royal Oak-class
Succeeded by| Alfred-class
In service| 18 May 1776 - 1861
Completed| 8
Lost| 2
General characteristics
Type| Ship of the line
Length|

* 170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
* 139 ft 8 in (42.57 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: Culloden, Thunderer, Venerable, Terrible, Victorious, Ramillies, Hannibal, Theseus

The Culloden-class ships of the line were a class of eight 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. The Cullodens were the last class of 74s which Slade designed before his death in 1771.

## Ships

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* HMS Culloden

Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Ordered: 30 November 1769
Launched: 18 May 1776
Fate: Wrecked, 1781

* HMS Thunderer

Builder: Wells, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 23 August 1781
Launched: 13 November 1783
Fate: Broken up, 1814

* HMS Venerable

Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Ordered: 9 August 1781
Launched: 19 April 1784
Fate: Wrecked, 1804

* HMS Terrible

Builder: Wells, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 13 December 1781
Launched: 28 March 1785
Fate: Broken up, 1836

* HMS Victorious

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Ordered: 28 December 1781
Launched: 27 April 1785
Fate: Broken up, 1803

* HMS Ramillies

Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 19 June 1782
Launched: 12 July 1785
Fate: Broken up, 1850

* HMS Hannibal

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Ordered: 19 June 1782
Launched: 15 April 1786
Fate: Captured, 1801

* HMS Theseus

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Ordered: 11 July 1780
Launched: 25 September 1786
Fate: Broken up, 1814

## References

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* Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. 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

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