Temple class ship of the line

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Name Temple In service 1759 - 1752 Lost 2		Operators Royal Navy Completed 2
Type 68-gun third rate ship of the line

The Temple class ships were two 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy to the lines of the Vanguard of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment. The Temple class ships were the last 68-gun ships to be built - both by commercial contract - to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment.

Ships

HMS Temple

Builder: Hugh Blaydes, HullOrdered: 9 September 1756Laid down: 17 November 1755Launched: 3 November 1758Completed: 11 March 1759Fate: Foundered off Cape Clear, 18 December 1762

HMS Conqueror

Builder: John Barnard & John Turner, HarwichOrdered: 11 January 1757Laid down: 9 February 1757Launched: 24 May 1758Completed: 3 February 1759 at Harwich, then 15 March 1759 at PortsmouthFate:Wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 26 October 1760

References

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