Alfred-class ship of the line

	HMS Warrior as a prison ship. This image was published in 1862.
Class overview
Name	Alfred class
Operators	Royal Navy; French Navy;
Preceded by	Culloden class
Succeeded by	Ganges class
In service	8 October 1778 – 1857
Completed	4
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	169 ft (52 m) (gundeck); 138 ft 5¼ in (42.3 m) (keel);
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders; Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders; Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders;
Notes	Ships in class include: Alexander, Alfred, Warrior, Montague

The Alfred-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.^[1]^[2] They were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.^[3]

Ships

Ordered: 21 July 1773

Launched: 8 October 1778

Fate: Broken up, 1819

Ordered: 13 August 1772

Launched: 22 October 1778

Fate: Broken up, 1814

Ordered: 13 July 1773

Launched: 18 October 1781

Fate: Broken up, 1857

Ordered: 16 July 1774

Laid Down: 30 January 1775

Launched: 28 August 1779

Completed for Sea: 23 September 1779

Fate: Broken up, 1818

A fifth ship Edgar was also ordered (16 July 1774) to this design, but on 25 August 1774 was altered to the modified Arrogant design.^[3]

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Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy – Built, Purchased and Captured 1688–1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN 0-85177-617-5
Winfield, Rif, British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, ISBN 1-86176-295-X

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