Dublin class ship of the line
HMS Resolution (on her starboard side in the foreground)
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Dublin |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| Preceded by: | 1745 Establishment |
| Succeeded by: | Hercules class |
| In service: | 6 May 1757 – 1802 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1546 87/94 |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 550 |
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| Notes: | Ships in class include: Dublin, Norfolk, Shrewsbury, Lenox, Warspite, Resolution, Mars |
The Dublin class ships of the line were a class of seven 74-gun Third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
The Dublin class ships were the first 74-gun ships to be designed for the Royal Navy, and marked the beginning of a more dynamic era of naval design than that in the ultra-conservative Establishment era preceding it.
Slade's draught was approved on 26 August 1755 when the first two orders were transmitted to Deptford Dockyard. The design was some 4½ feet longer than the preceding 70-gun ships of the 1745 Establishment, with the extra length making provision for an additional (14th) pair of 32-pounder guns on the lower deck compared with the 13 pairs of the 70-gun ships. They were nominally ordered as 70-gun ships (although always designed to carry 74), but redesignated as 74-gun during construction.
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