Elizabeth Class | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 74 |
| Approved | 1765/12/08 |
| Designer | |
| Rate | Third Rate |
| Type | Ship of the Line |
| Designed Crew | 550 |
| Ships in Class | 6 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg) | BWAS-1793 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Gun Deck | 28 | British 32-Pounder | |
| Upper Gun Deck | 28 | British 18-Pounder | |
| Quarterdeck | 14 | British 9-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 4 | British 9-Pounder | |
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 168' 6" | 138' 3 ⅛" | 46' 10" | 19' 9" | 1,612 88⁄94 | |||||
| Elizabeth | 1765/11/06 | Portsmouth Dockyard | 1769/10/17 | 1797/08 | Broken Up | 168' 0" | 137' 9 ⅛" | 47' 0" | 19' 9" | 1,617 |
| Resolution | 1766/09/16 | Deptford Dockyard | 1770/04/12 | 1813/03 | Broken Up | 168' 6" | 137' 7 ¾" | 46' 11" | 19' 9" | 1,611 57⁄94 |
| Berwick | 1768/10/12 | Portsmouth Dockyard | 1775/04/18 | 1795/03/07 | Captured | 168' 6" | 138' 1 ⅛" | 47 | 19' 9" | 1,623 |
| Bombay Castle | 1779/07/14 | Blackwall | 1782/06/14 | 1796/12/21 | Wrecked | 168' 6" | 138' 1" | 47' 1" | 19' 9" | 1,628 19⁄94 |
| Defiance | 1780/07/04 | Rotherhithe | 1783/12/10 | 1817/05 | Broken Up | 169' 0" | 138' 0" | 47' 4" | 109' 9" | 1,644 54⁄94 |
| Swiftsure | 1782/06/19 | Deptford | 1787/04/04 | 1801/06/24 | Captured | 168' 9 ½" | 137' 11 ¾" | 47' 0" | 19' 9 ½" | 1,621 23⁄94 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |