Pompée-class ship of the line explained

The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates.[1] They were built for the Royal Navy to the lines of the French ship, a which had been captured by Britain in 1793.

Ships

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 19 March 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1826

Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 16 April 1798

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865

Notes and References

  1. Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

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