Albion-class ship of the line (1763)

HMS Albion
Class overview
Name:	Albion
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Ramillies class
Succeeded by:	Elizabeth class
In service:	16 May 1763 - 1820
Completed:	5
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	168 ft (51.2 m) (gundeck) 139 ft 3⁄4 in (42.4 m) (keel)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders

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

Slade based the design of the Albion-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship Neptune.

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