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Roebuck Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	44
Approved	1769
Designer	Sir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Ship
Designed Crew	280
Ships in Class	17

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 285.00 Imperial Pound ( 129.25 kg)		BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	20 x British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	22 x British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2 x British 6-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						140' 0"	115' 9"	37' 9 ½"	16' 4"	879 ²⁶⁄₉₄
Roebuck (44)	30.11.1769	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	28.4.1774	7.1811	Broken Up	140' 0"	115' 9"	37' 9 ½"	16' 4"	879 ²⁶⁄₉₄
Romulus (44)	14.5.1776	Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	17.12.1777	19.2.1781	Captured	140' 0"	115' 8 ½"	37' 11"	16' 4"	884 ⁷⁶⁄₉₄
Actaeon (44)	Unknown	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	29.1.1778	30.4.1802	Sold	140' 1 ½"	115' 10 ½"	37' 11 ¼"	16' 4"	887 ⁸⁄₉₄
Janus (44)	24.7.1776	Batson's Yard - Limehouse Hole	14.5.1778	10.8.1810	Wrecked	140' 0 ½"	115' 10 ½"	37' 10 ½"	16' 4"	883 ⁸⁰⁄₉₄
Charon (44)	9.10.1776	King's Yard - Harwich	8.10.1778	10.10.1781	Sunk in Action	140' 3"	116' 1"	38' 0"	16' 4"	891 ⁵⁷⁄₉₄
Ulysses (44)	16.4.1777	Liverpool - Lancashire	14.7.1779	11.1.1816	Sold	140' 0"	115' 3 ⅛"	38' 0 ½"	16' 4 ¾"	887 ⁸⁄₉₄
Endymion (44)	2.2.1778	Limehouse - London	28.8.1779	20.8.1790	Wrecked	140' 0"	115' 7"	38' 1 ½"	16' 4"	893 ⁵⁹⁄₉₄
Assurance (44)	20.5.1778	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	20.4.1780	3.1815	Broken Up	140' 4"	115' 11 ½"	38' 2"	16' 4 ½"	898 ⁴⁵⁄₉₄
Dolphin (44)	8.1.1777	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	10.3.1781	7.1817	Broken Up	139' 11"	115' 6 ¼	37' 10 ¼"	16' 4"	880 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄
Argo (44)	26.2.1779	Howden Pans - Newcastle upon Tyne - River Tyne	7.6.1781	11.1.1816	Sold	140' 8"	115' 9 ⅜"	38' 0 ¾"	16' 4 ½"	892 ²¹⁄₉₄
Diomede (44)	14.8.1779	Bristol - England	18.10.1781	2.8.1795	Wrecked	140' 0"	116' 0 ½"	37' 11"	16' 4"	887 ³⁷⁄₉₄
Serapis (44)	13.7.1780	Bristol - England	7.11.1782	17.7.1826	Sold	140' 2 ½"	115' 5"	38' 0"	16' 4 ½"	886 ⁴⁶⁄₉₄
Gladiator (44)	13.7.1780	Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	20.1.1783	8.1817	Broken Up	140' 0"	115' 1"	37' 11 ½"	16' 5"	882 ⁰⁄₉₄
Charon (44)	19.9.1781	Bristol - England	17.5.1783	12.1805	Broken Up	140' 1 ½"	115' 3 ⅞"	38' 1"	16' 4 ½"	889 ⁶³⁄₉₄
Guardian (44)	11.8.1780	Batson's Yard - Limehouse Hole	23.3.1784	12.4.1790	Beached	140' 0"	115' 6"	38' 2 ½"	16' 4"	896 ³³⁄₉₄
Experiment (44)	13.7.1780	East Cowes - Isle of Wight	27.11.1784	8.9.1836	Sold	140' 0 ½"	115' 8"	38' 0 ½"	16' 4"	890 ³⁵⁄₉₄
Regulus (44)	20.10.1780	Northam - Devon	10.2.1785	3.1816	Broken Up	140' 1"	115' 8 ⅝"	38' 0"	16' 4"	888 ⁷⁷⁄₉₄

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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