Name HMS Royal Oak Laid down May 1766 Construction started May 1766 Builder Plymouth Dockyard | Ordered 16 November 1765 Fate Broken up, 1815 Launched 13 November 1769 | |
Notes Participated in
Battle of the Chesapeake Class and type Royal Oak-class ship of the line | ||
HMS Royal Oak was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 November 1769 at Plymouth.
She fought at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781.
Royal Oak was converted for use as a prison ship in 1796, and was broken up in 1815.
References
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