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Temple-class ship of the line

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Class overview
NameTemple
Operators Royal Navy
In service1759 - 1762
Completed2
Lost2
General characteristics
Type68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1422 bm
Length
  • 160 ft 0 in (48.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 132 ft 0 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam45 ft 0 in (13.7 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement520 officers and men
Armament
  • 68 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

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class ships were two 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy to the lines of the Vanguard of 1748, i.e. to the outdated 1745 Establishment.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

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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
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

References

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  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Lyon, David (1993) The Sailing Navy List. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5
  • Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714 - 1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-295-5