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Class overview | |
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Name | Boyne |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Duke class |
Succeeded by | Neptune class |
In service | August 1790 - July 1814 |
Completed | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2010 |
Length |
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Beam | 50 ft 3 in (15.32 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 750 |
Armament |
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Notes | Ships in class include: Boyne, Prince of Wales |
The Boyne-class ships of the line were a class of two 98-gun second rates, ordered in 1783 and designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Edward Hunt.
Ships
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 21 January 1783
- Laid down: 4 November 1783
- Launched: 27 June 1790
- Completed: 21 November 1790
- Fate: Burnt, 1 May 1795
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 29 November 1783
- Laid down: May 1784
- Launched: 28 June 1794
- Completed: 27 December 1794
- Fate: Broken up, December 1822
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.