Temple-class ship of the line

The Temple class ships were two 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy to the lines of the Vanguard of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment. The Temple class ships were the last 68-gun ships to be built - both by commercial contract - to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment.

Ships

 * HMS Temple (1758)
 * Builder: Hugh Blaydes, Hull
 * Ordered: 9 September 1756
 * Laid down: 17 November 1755
 * Launched: 3 November 1758
 * Completed: 11 March 1759
 * Fate: Foundered off Cape Clear, 18 December 1762


 * HMS Conqueror (1758)
 * Builder: John Barnard & John Turner, Harwich
 * Ordered: 11 January 1757
 * Laid down: 9 February 1757
 * Launched: 24 May 1758
 * Completed: 3 February 1759 at Harwich, then 15 March 1759 at Portsmouth
 * Fate:Wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 26 October 1760