Hercules-class ship of the line

The Hercules class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Design The Hercules-class ships were a development on Slade's previous two designs: the , and the subsequent one-off .Winfield, p. 60

Ships

Builder: Deptford Dockyard Ordered: 15 July 1756 Launched: 15 March 1759 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 15 July 1756 Launched: 19 March 1760 Fate: Wrecked, 1780

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