Bellona class
| Bellona class | |
|---|---|
 Ships of the line in the battle of Abukir |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Two Decker - Battleship (Third rate) |
| units | 5 built, 0 in service |
| Namesake | The Roman goddess of war Bellona |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
Royal Navy: 1760-1813 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1604 ts |
| length |
168 ft (51.20 m) |
| width |
46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft |
19ft 9in ft (6.02 m) |
| crew |
550 |
| drive |
sail |
| speed |
approx. 12–13 kn |
| Range |
unlimited |
| Armament |
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The Bellona class was a construction lot of five two-decker ships of the line of the Royal Navy . The design of the class was in the hands of the Surveyors (such as the fleet supervisor) and Master Shipwright Sir Thomas Slade . The ships carried 74 cannons in two battery decks as well as 14 additional each on the quarterdeck and four on the hut deck. This armament allowed a broadside weight (the weight of full bullets fired with a broadside) of 781 pounds , later 908 pounds. Originally built for use in the Seven Years' War , some of them were in use for a long time afterwards.
Classification
The Royal Navy classified the ships as a “ third rate ” (the rates referred to the combat strength, due to size, manning and firepower and were divided from 1 to 6). The class was classified as ships of the line because their main task was in use within the battle line, i.e. the line setup that was generally customary at the time.
With the return of Lord Anson to the office of First Lord of the Admiralty , new 74-gun ships of the line were ordered. Thomas Slade's revised design, after which five ships were built, was approved on January 31, 1758.
The HMS Bellona has an exceptionally long period of service in the Royal Navy with an active period from April 6, 1760 until it was demolished in September 1814.
Whereabouts
- no ship of this class was lost to war
- 1 ship was lost in a storm. Five survivors, the rest of the crew drowned
- 1 ship leaked and sank
- 2 ships were sold
- 1 ship was canceled
Ship list
Type ship
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Bellona
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Appointed: November 28, 1757
- Keel laying: May 10, 1758
- Launched: February 19, 1760
- Completed: April 6, 1760
- Total cost including equipment: £ 41,391 11 shillings 4 pence
- Location: Demolished at Chatham in September 1814
Other ships in the class
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Dragon
- Builder: Deptford State Shipyard
- Appointed: December 28, 1757
- Keel laying: March 28, 1758
- Launched: March 4, 1760
- Completed: April 19, 1760
- Total cost including equipment: 38,118 pounds 6 shillings
- Where: Sold in Portsmouth on June 1, 1784 for £ 620
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Superb
- Builder: Deptford State Shipyard
- Appointed: December 28, 1757
- Keel laying: April 12, 1758
- Launched: October 27, 1760
- Completed: December 19, 1760
- Total cost including equipment: £ 39,802 6 shillings
- Where: On November 7th in Tellicherry Toads (Bombay) leaked and sunk
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Kent
- Builder: Deptford State Shipyard
- Appointed: December 13, 1758
- Keel laying: April 24, 1759
- Launched: March 26, 1762
- Completed: July 8, 1762
- Total cost including equipment: 39,756 pounds 18 shillings 3 pence
- Where: Put into salable condition in June 1784 and sold in Plymouth for £ 600.
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Defense (I)
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Appointed: December 13, 1758
- Keel laying: May 14, 1759
- Launched: March 31, 1763
- Completed: October 19, 1770 as a guard ship
- Construction cost: £ 27,690 3 shillings 4 pence
- Equipment cost: 11,208 pounds 17 shillings 11 pence
- Where to find: Destroyed during a huge storm off the coast of Laland Island. The entire crew of 530 men with the exception of five survivors drowned.
literature
- David Lyon: The Sailing Navy List . Brasseys Publications, London 1993.
- Rif Winfield: British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6 .
Footnotes
- ↑ See also: Classification of warships