The Duke-class ships of the line were a class of four 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams.
== Ships == HMS Duke Builder: Plymouth Dockyard Ordered: 18 June 1771 Launched: 18 October 1777 Fate: Broken up, 1843 HMS Glory Builder: Plymouth Dockyard Ordered: 16 July 1774 Launched: 5 July 1788 Fate: Broken up, 1825 HMS St George Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard Ordered: 16 July 1774 Launched: 14 October 1785 Fate: Wrecked, 1811 HMS Atlas Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 5 August 1777 Launched: 13 February 1782 Fate: Broken up, 1821
Citations
== References == 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 (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.