St Albans-class ship of the line

Class overview

Name:	St Albans
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Essex-class
Succeeded by:	Exeter-class
In service:	12 September 1764 – 1814
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 7¾ in (40.1 m) (keel)
Beam:	44 ft 4 in (13.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: St Albans, Augusta, Director

The St Albans-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Slade based the St Albans draught on that of his earlier 74-gun Bellona-class.