Nelson class ship of the line
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The Nelson-class ships of the line were a class of three 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy
as a joint effort between the two Surveyors of the Navy
at the time.
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...
as a joint effort between the two Surveyors of the Navy
Surveyor of the Navy
The Surveyor to the Navy was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy. He was a member of the Navy Board from the inauguration of that body in 1546, and held overall responsibility for the design of British warships, although until 1745 the actual design work for warships built at each Royal Dockyard...
at the time.
Ships
- 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: 23 November 1805
- Laid down: December 1809
- Launched: 4 July 1814
- Completed: 17 August 1814
- Fate: Broken up, 1928
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 15 January 1806
- Laid down: May 1810
- Launched: 11 March 1815
- Completed 1829
- Fate: Sold, 1906
- Builder: Chatham DockyardChatham 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: 15 January 1806
- Laid down: June 1808
- Launched: 28 March 1815
- Completed: 1835
- Fate: Sold, 1854