America-class ship of the line

Class overview
HMS Northumberland at the Action of 22 May 1812.
Name:	America class
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Pompée class
In service:	2 February 1798 - 1850
Completed:	2
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 150 ft (46 m) (keel)
Beam:	48 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in (14.821 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders

The America-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates. They were built for the Royal Navy to the lines of the French Téméraire-class ship America, which had been captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impetueux.

Ships

Builder: Barnard, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 2 February 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1850

Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 2 May 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1835

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 (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

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