Battleships of the Neptune type - three 98-gun battleships of the second rank , built for the Royal Navy by Sir John Genslow, according to the project, approved in January 1788. All ships of the type took part in the battles of the Napoleonic Wars , in particular, all three ships took part in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 [1] .
| Neptune-class battleships | |
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| Neptune-class ship of the line | |
 Neptune Drawings | |
| Project | |
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| Preceding type | type boyne |
| Subsequent type | type boyne |
| Years of construction | 1788 - 1801 |
| Years in the ranks | 1797 - 1857 |
| Built | 3 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Gondek length | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Keel length | 152 ft. 6 in. (46.5 m) |
| Midship Width | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 98 |
| Gundeck Guns | 28 × 32 pound guns |
| Midsection of Midsection | 30 × 18-fn. guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 30 × 18-fn. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 8 × 12-fn. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 2 × 12-fn. guns |
Ships
- HMS Neptune
Builder: Royal Shipyard in Deptford
Ordered: February 15, 1790
Laid down: April 1791
Launched: January 28, 1797
Derived: disassembled, 1818
- Hms temeraire
Builder: Royal Shipyard in Chatham
Ordered: December 9, 1790
Laid down: July 1793
Launched: September 11, 1798
Bred: sold for scrap, 1838
- HMS Dreadnought
Builder: Royal Shipyard in Portsmouth
Ordered: January 17, 1788
Laid down: July 1788
Launched: June 13, 1801
Derived: disassembled, 1857
Links
- ↑ B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 183.
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 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. - Seaforth Publishing. - ISBN 1-86176-246-1 .