Exeter class ship of the line
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The Exeter-class ships of the line
were a class of four 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by William Bateley.
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
were a class of four 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by William Bateley.
Ships
- Builder: Henniker, ChathamChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Ordered: 13 January 1761
- Launched: 26 July 1763
- Fate: Burned, 1784
- Builder: Adams, Lepe, HampshireLepe, HampshireLepe is a small settlement on the Solent in the English county of Hampshire. It is located at the mouth of the Dark Water, and is the site of the Lepe Country Park, which runs from Stanswood Bay to the mouth of the Beaulieu River.-Overview:...
- Ordered: 16 December 1761
- Launched: 21 April 1765
- Fate: Broken up, 1814
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 4 December 1762
- Launched: 20 April 1768
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1816
- Builder: Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Ordered: 7 January 1762
- Launched: 28 September 1768
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1814