HMS Neptune at the Battle of Trafalgar
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Neptune |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Preceded by: | Boyne-class |
Succeeded by: | Boyne-class |
In service: | 28 January 1797 - 1857 |
Completed: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
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Beam: | 51 ft (16 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
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Notes: | Ships in class include: Neptune, Temeraire, Dreadnought |
The Neptune-class ships of the line were a class of three 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. All three of the ships in the class took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.