Name Ramillies Preceded by Arrogant class Completed 9 | Operators Royal Navy Succeeded by Albion class | |
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In service 4 September 1762 – 1817 | ||
The Ramillies-class ships of the line were a class of nine 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
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Design
The draught for the Ramillies-class was very similar to that of the Bellona-class and subsequent Arrogant-class, with the only real differences to be found in the shape of the underwater hull. There were two distinct sub-groups; four ships were built in the Royal Dockyards to the original design, approved on 25 April 1760 – although the name-ship Ramillies had originally been ordered as a Bellona-class unit. Slade subsequently amended his design for the ships which were to be built by commercial contractors – this modified design, with slightly amended dimensions, being approved on 13 January 1761.
First group
Dockyard-built ships:
Second (modified) group
Contract-built ships: