Ramillies-class ship of the line

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Class overview
Loss of HMS Ramillies by Robert Dodd
Name	Ramillies class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Canada class
Succeeded by	Albion class
In service	4 September 1762 – 1817
Completed	9
Lost	5
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) 138 ft 3+3⁄8 in (42.148 m)(keel) (first group) 138 ft 1 in (42.09 m) (keel) (second group)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) (first group) 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m) (second group)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	550
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Notes	Ships in class include: Ramillies, Monarch, Magnificent, Marlborough, Terrible, Russell, Invincible, Robust, Prince of Wales

The Ramillies-class ships of the line were a class of nine 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Design

The draught for the Ramillies class was very similar to that of the Bellona class and subsequent Arrogant class, with the only real differences to be found in the shape of the underwater hull. There were two distinct sub-groups; four ships were built in the Royal Dockyards to the original design, approved on 25 April 1760 – although the name-ship Ramillies had originally been ordered as a Bellona-class unit. Slade subsequently amended his design for the ships which were to be built by commercial contractors – this modified design, with slightly amended dimensions, being approved on 13 January 1761.