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  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 service in 1784.

• HMS Suffolk

  HMS Suffolk was a 74-gun Third Rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 February 1765 at Rotherhithe. She was designed by William Bateley, based on the principles of his earlier HMS Fame, and was the only ship built to her draught. On 4 May 1794 Captain Peter Rainier, with the...

• HMS Breda

  HMS Breda was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 23 April 1692. She was named after the Declaration of Breda made in 1660 by Charles II of England. In 1701, under Captain Christopher Fogg, she became the flagship of Vice-Admiral John Benbow. His...

• 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.

• 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 May 1758, launched on 19 February 1760, and...

• HMS Plymouth

  HMS Plymouth was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England and launched at Wapping in 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. Plymouth was rebuilt at Blackwall in 1705 as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. She foundered later...

• HMS Vanguard

  The sixth HMS Vanguard, of the British Royal Navy was an 78-gun (or 80-gun) second-rate ship of the line, launched on 25 August 1835 at Pembroke Yard. She was the first of a new type of sailing battleship: a Symondite. The Vanguard was designed by John Edye, Chief Clerk in the Surveyor's Office, to...

• HMS Newark

  HMS Newark was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Hull on 3 June 1695. She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, and relaunched on 29 July 1717. During this rebuild an extra gundeck was added to make her a three-decker, instead of the...

• HMS Leander

  HMS Leander was a fourth-rate 50-gun ship of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham on 1 July 1780. She took part in the Battle of the Nile, where commanded by Captain Thomas Thompson she was able to exploit a gap in the French line and anchor between Peuple Souverain and Franklin and rake both enemy...

• 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 dozens more, and causing the marine drummer...