Repulse-class ship of the line explained

The Repulse-class ships of the line were a class of eleven 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. The first three ships to this design were ordered in 1800, with a second batch of five following in 1805. The final three ships of the class were ordered towards the end of the Napoleonic War to a modified version of Rule's draught, using the new constructional system created by Sir Robert Seppings; all three were completed after the war's end.

Ships

Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laid down: December 1800

Launched: 11 December 1802

Fate: Broken up, 1821

Builder: Barnard, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laid down: September 1800

Launched: 22 July 1803

Fate: Broken up, 1820

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laid down: August 1800

Launched: 27 February 1804

Fate: Burnt, 1926

Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: April 1805

Launched: 30 August 1806

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1843

Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall

Ordered: 24 January 1805

Laid down: April 1805

Launched: 24 January 1807

Fate: Broken up, 1823

Builder: Wells, Blackwall

Ordered: 24 January 1805

Laid down: August 1805

Launched: 23 May 1807

Fate: Broken up, 1820

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 24 January 1805

Laid down: August 1805

Launched: 19 August 1807

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1870

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 24 January 1805

Laid down: December 1805

Launched: 12 April 1808

Fate: Broken up, 1838

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered: 15 February 1814

Laid down: July 1814

Launched: 15 October 1818

Fate: Burnt, 1840

Builder: Bombay Dockyard

Ordered: 7 March 1815

Laid down: April 1817

Launched: 28 December 1818

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1905

Builder: Pembroke Dockyard

Ordered: 17 November 1812

Laid down: February 1816

Launched: 26 April 1819

Fate: Broken up, 1872

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