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Bellona class ship of the line
The Bellona-class ships of the line were a class of five 74-gun third rates, whose design for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade was approved on 31 January 1758. Three ships were ordered on 28 December 1757, with names being assigned on 1 February 1758. Two further ships to this design were ordered...
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HMS Bellona
HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. Bellona was built at Chatham, starting on 10...
HMS Defence
HMS Defence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 March 1763 at Plymouth Dockyard. She was one of the most famous ships of the period, taking part in several of the most important naval battles of the French...
HMS Kent
HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 March 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.
In 1774, a chest containing perhaps as much as 400 lb (181.4 kg) of gunpowder exploded during saluting, killing eleven and injuring...
HMS Dragon
HMS Dragon was a 74-gun Bellona Class Third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 March 1760 at Deptford. She took part in the siege of Havannah in 1762.
From 1781 she was employed on harbour service, and she was sold out of the...
HMS Superb
HMS Superb was a 74-gun Bellona class Third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 October 1760 at Deptford Dockyard.
She was wrecked in 1783.
