 HMS Diadem at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Intrepid |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Ardent class |
| Succeeded by | Worcester class |
| In service | 4 December 1770 - 1827 |
| Completed | 15 |
| Lost | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| Length |
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| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 500 officers and men (491 from 1794) |
| Armament |
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The Intrepid-class ships of the line were a class of fifteen 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams. His design, approved on 18 December 1765, was slightly smaller than Sir Thomas Slade's contemporary Worcester-class design of the same year, against which it was evaluated competitively. Following the prototype, four more ships were ordered in 1767–69, and a further ten between 1771 and 1779.
Ships[edit]
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 November 1765
- Laid down: January 1767
- Launched: 4 December 1770
- Completed: 31 January 1771
- Fate: Sold to be broken up at Plymouth, 26 March 1828
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 10 September 1767
- Laid down: May 1768
- Launched: 18 April 1772
- Completed: 9 May 1778
- Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth, January 1818
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 9 June 1768
- Laid down: October 1768
- Launched: 31 August 1772
- Completed: July 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard
- Fate: Wrecked in the Savannah River, 15 February 1780
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 30 November 1769
- Laid down: January 1770
- Launched: 17 December 1774
- Completed: 25 April 1776
- Fate: Broken up at Sheerness, June 1802
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 30 November 1769
- Laid down: 9 September 1772
- Launched: 26 November 1776
- Completed: 27 February 1778
- Fate: Broken up at Bermuda, April 1821
- Builder: Henry & Anthony Adams, Bucklers Hard
- Ordered: 14 January 1771
- Laid down: February 1771
- Launched: 6 October 1774
- Completed: 11 July 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard
- Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth , April 1816
- Builder: John & William Wells, Rotherhithe
- Ordered: 14 January 1771
- Laid down: April 1771
- Launched: 12 May 1774
- Completed: 30 July 1776 at Woolwich Dockyard (added by a reader: Cannot be accurate -- Eagle sailed from Spithead as the flagship of Vice Admiral Howe on 10 May)
- Fate: Broken up at Chatham, October 1812
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 18 June 1771
- Laid down: October 1771
- Launched: 5 August 1777
- Completed: 29 March 1778
- Fate: Broken up, 1807
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 24 April 1773
- Laid down: January 1774
- Launched: 4 September 1781
- Completed: 15 October 1781
- Fate: Wrecked in Mounts Bay, 29 December 1807
- Builder: Sheerness Dockyard
- Ordered: 1 December 1773
- Laid down: January 1776
- Launched: 27 April 1782
- Completed: 24 July 1782
- Fate: Broken up at Chatham, September 1827
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 October 1775
- Laid down: 23 August 1777
- Launched: 14 October 1780
- Completed: 29 December 1780 at Woolwich Dockyard.
- Fate: Broken up at Sheerness, July 1813
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 25 July 1776
- Laid down: 20 October 1777
- Launched: 8 May 1781
- Completed: 29 June 1781
- Fate: Sold to be broken up, 30 May 1832
- Builder: Robert Fabian, East Cowes
- Ordered: 5 February 1777
- Laid down: 12 January 1778
- Launched: 28 November 1780
- Completed: 15 February 1781 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
- Fate: Wrecked off Ushant, 10 March 1800
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 5 December 1777
- Laid down: 2 November 1778
- Launched: 19 December 1782
- Completed: 19 July 1783
- Fate: Broken up at Plymouth, September 1832
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 5 August 1779
- Laid down: May 1780
- Launched: 8 October 1782
- Completed: 19 December 1782 at Woolwich Dockyard
- Fate: Broken up at Sheerness, October 1816
References[edit]
- Lavery, 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 (1993) The Sailing Navy List Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.