Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN0-85177-252-8.
Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN0-85177-617-5
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ganges, class, ship, line, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2013, l. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message The Ganges class ships of the line were a class of six 74 gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Edward Hunt in 1779 Fight of HMS Tremendous in the foreground and HMS Hindostan against the French frigate La Cannoniere 21 April 1806 by Pierre Julien GilbertClass overview NameGanges Operators Royal Navy Preceded byAlfred class Succeeded byCourageux class In service30 March 1782 1897 Completed6 General characteristics TypeShip of the line Length169 ft 6 in 51 66 m gundeck 138 ft 7 3 4 in 42 3 m keel Beam47 ft 8 1 2 in 14 5 m PropulsionSails Armament74 guns Gun deck 28 32 pounders Upper gun deck 28 18 pounders Quarter deck 14 9 pounders Forecastle 4 9 pounders NotesShips in class include Ganges Culloden Tremendous Invincible Minden MinotaurShips editHMS Ganges Builder Randall Rotherhithe Ordered 14 July 1779 Launched 30 March 1782 Fate Broken up 1816 HMS Culloden Builder Randall Rotherhithe Ordered 12 July 1779 Launched 16 June 1783 Fate Broken up 1813 HMS Tremendous Builder Barnard Deptford Ordered 1 January 1782 Launched 30 October 1784 Fate Sold out of the service 1897 HMS Invincible Builder Woolwich Dockyard Ordered 25 June 1801 Launched 15 March 1808 Fate Broken up 1861 HMS Minden Builder Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia Duncan Docks Bombay Ordered 9 July 1801 Launched 19 June 1810 Fate Sold out of the service 1861 HMS Minotaur Builder Chatham Dockyard Ordered 3 December 1811 Laid Down December 1812 Launched 15 April 1816 Fate Hulked 1842 Broken up 1869References editLavery Brian 2003 The Ship of the Line Volume 1 The development of the battlefleet 1650 1850 Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 252 8 Lyon David The Sailing Navy List All the Ships of the Royal Navy Built Purchased and Captured 1688 1860 pub Conway Maritime Press 1993 ISBN 0 85177 617 5 nbsp This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ganges class ship of the line amp oldid 1117629805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
