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Duke-class ships of the line From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Duke-class ships of the line were a class of four 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.
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Ships
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 18 June 1771
- Launched: 18 October 1777
- Fate: Broken up, 1843
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 July 1774
- Launched: 5 July 1788
- Fate: Broken up, 1825
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 July 1774
- Launched: 14 October 1785
- Fate: Wrecked, 1811
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 5 August 1777
- Launched: 13 February 1782
- Fate: Broken up, 1821
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References
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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