Rodney class ship of the line
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The Rodney-class ships of the line were a class of 3 two-deck 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy
by Sir Robert Seppings
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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 Sir Robert Seppings
Robert Seppings
Sir Robert Seppings FRS was an English naval architect.Seppings was born at Fakenham, Norfolk, and in 1782 was apprenticed in Plymouth dockyard...
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Ships
- Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
- Ordered:
- Launched: 18 June 1833
- Fate: Broken up, 1882
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered:
- Launched: 28 June 1839
- Fate: Burnt, 1956
- 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:
- Launched: 28 September 1840
- Fate: Sold, 1884