Battleships of the type America - two 74-gun battleships of the third rank , built for the Royal Navy based on the drawings of the French ship America , which was captured in 1794 and later renamed HMS Impetueux . America was a battleship of the Téméraire type , the most successful and most numerous type of French 74-gun ship. Both ships were ordered on June 10, 1795 and were built at the Deptford private shipyard in London. The ships of this type belonged to the so-called "ordinary 74-gun ships", since they carried 18-pound guns on the upper gun deck.
| Line ships like America | |
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| America-class ship of the line | |
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| Preceding type | type pompée |
| Years of construction | 1795 - 1798 |
| Years in the ranks | 1798 - 1850 |
| Built | 2 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Gondek length | 182 feet (55.5 m) |
| Keel length | 150 ft (45.7 m) |
| Midship Width | 48 ft 7 in (14.9 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Gundeck Guns | 28 × 32 pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 30 × 18-fn. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 12 × 9 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 4 × 9-fnl. guns |
Ships
- Hms northumberland
Builder: Barnard, Deptford Shipyard, London
Ordered: June 10, 1795
Laid down: October 1795
Launched: February 2, 1798
Bred: disassembled, 1850
- Hms renown
Builder: Dudman, Deptford Shipyard, London
Ordered: June 10, 1795
Laid down: November 1796
Launched: May 2, 1798
Derived: disassembled, May 1835
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- Rif Winfield. = British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. - Seaforth Publishing. - ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6 .