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St Albans-class ship of the line

Index St Albans-class ship of the line

The St Albans-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. [1]

7 relations: Blackwall Yard, Gravesend, Rotherhithe, Royal Navy, Ship of the line, Third-rate, Thomas Slade.

Blackwall Yard

Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years.

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Gravesend

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex.

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Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe is a residential district in south east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside firepower to bear.

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Third-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).

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Thomas Slade

Sir Thomas Slade (1703/4–1771)Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans-class_ship_of_the_line

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