Canopus-class ship of the line

The Canopus-class ships of the line were a class of nine 84-gun two-deck second rates of the Royal Navy. Their design was based on an enlarged version of the lines of the captured French ship Franklin, since commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Canopus, although this ship herself was not included as a member of the class. The earlier ships were initially ordered as 80-gun third rates, but this classification was altered by changes in the rating system in February 1817. This class of ships is sometimes referred to as the Formidable class.

Ships

 * HMS Formidable (1825)
 * Builder: Chatham Dockyard
 * Ordered: 8 May 1815
 * Launched: 19 May 1825
 * Fate: Sold, 1906


 * HMS Ganges (1821)
 * Builder: Bombay Dockyard
 * Ordered: 4 June 1816
 * Launched: 10 November 1821
 * Fate: Sold, 1929


 * HMS Asia (1824)
 * Builder: Bombay Dockyard
 * Ordered: 22 April 1819
 * Launched: 19 January 1824
 * Fate: Sold, 1908


 * HMS Vengeance (1824)
 * Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
 * Ordered: 23 January 1817
 * Launched: 27 July 1824
 * Fate: Sold, 1897


 * HMS Powerful (1826)
 * Builder: Chatham Dockyard
 * Ordered: 23 January 1817
 * Launched: 21 June 1826
 * Fate: Broken up, 1864


 * HMS Clarence (1827)
 * Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
 * Ordered: 27 May 1819
 * Launched: 25 July 1827
 * Fate: Burnt, 1884


 * HMS Bombay (1828)
 * Builder: Bombay Dockyard
 * Ordered: 26 January 1825
 * Launched: 17 February 1828
 * Fate: Burnt, 1864


 * HMS Thunderer (1831)
 * Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
 * Ordered: 23 January 1817
 * Launched: 22 September 1831
 * Fate: Sold, 1901


 * HMS Monarch (1832)
 * Builder: Chatham Dockyard
 * Ordered: 23 July 1817
 * Launched: 18 December 1832
 * Fate: Broken up, 1866