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Neptune class ship of the line

Neptune Trafalgar-Sartorius.jpg
Class overview
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
Length:
  • 185 ft (56 m) (gundeck)
  • 152 ft 6 12 in (46.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 51 ft (16 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:
  • 98 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
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.



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