The London-class ships of the line were a class of four second-rate ships of the line designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
== Design == The first ship of the class, London, was a 90-gun ship. When the second batch of three ships was ordered several years later, they were specified as being 98-gun ships. This was achievable without significant modifications to the design thanks to the earlier practice of not arming the quarterdecks of second rates, thus allowing for the addition of 4 guns per side.
== Ships == HMS London Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 28 September 1759 Launched: 24 May 1766 Fate: Broken up, 1811 HMS Prince Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 9 December 1779 Launched: 4 July 1788 Fate: Broken up, 1837 HMS Impregnable Builder: Deptford Dockyard Ordered: 13 September 1780 Launched: 15 April 1786 Fate: Wrecked, 1799 HMS Windsor Castle Builder: Deptford Dockyard Ordered: 10 December 1782 Launched: 3 May 1790 Fate: Broken up, 1839
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.