Swiftsure-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	Repulse
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Repulse class
Succeeded by	Vengeur class
In service	23 July 1804 - 1862
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	173 ft (52.7 m) (gundeck); 142 ft (43.3 m) (keel);
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs ; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs ; Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs ; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;
Notes	Ships in class include: Swiftsure, Victorious

The Swiftsure-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow.^[1]

Ships

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard

Ordered: 1800

Launched: 23 July 1804

Fate: Sold, 1845

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard

Ordered: 21 December 1803

Launched: 20 October 1808

Fate: Sold, 1862

Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

Swiftsure-class ships of the line
Swiftsure Victorious
Preceded by: Repulse class Followed by: Vengeur class
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy