America class (1798)
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| America class | |
 HMS Northumberland |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| units | 2 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length |
55.5 m |
| width |
14.821 m |
| Draft |
6.58 m |
| drive |
sail |
| Armament |
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The America class consisted of two third class ships of the line with 74 cannons. They were built for the Royal Navy on the model of the América , a French Téméraire-class ship that was captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impétueux .
Ships
- Builder: Barnard, Deptford
- Order: June 10, 1795
- Launched: February 2, 1798
- Whereabouts: scrapped in 1850
- Builder: Dudman, Deptford
- Order: June 10, 1795
- Launched: May 2, 1798
- Whereabouts: scrapped in May 1835
literature
- Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet, 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .