Albion-class ship of the line (1763)

The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of five 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Design
Slade based the design of the Albion-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship HMS Neptune (1757).

Ships

 * HMS Albion (1763)
 * Builder: Deptford Dockyard
 * Ordered: 1 December 1759
 * Launched: 16 May 1763
 * Fate: Wrecked, 1797


 * HMS Grafton (1771)
 * Builder: Deptford Dockyard
 * Ordered: 22 October 1767
 * Launched: 26 September 1771
 * Fate: Broken up, 1816


 * HMS Alcide (1779)
 * Builder: Deptford Dockyard
 * Ordered: 21 August 1774
 * Launched: 30 July 1779
 * Fate: Broken up, 1817


 * HMS Fortitude (1780)
 * Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
 * Ordered: 2 February 1778
 * Launched: 23 March 1780
 * Fate: Broken up, 1820


 * HMS Irresistible (1782)
 * Builder: Barnard, Harwich
 * Ordered: 8 July 1778
 * Launched: 6 December 1782
 * Fate: Broken up, 1806