Nelson-class ship of the line

HMS Nelson
Class overview
Name	Nelson
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Caledonia class
In service	4 July 1814 – 1928
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,601 4/94 bm (design)
Length	205 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 170 ft 10+1⁄8 in (52.073 m) (keel)
Beam	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Depth of hold	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	120 guns: Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Roundhouse: 6 × 24 pdr carronades [not counted in 120 total]
Notes	Ships in class include: Nelson, St Vincent, Howe

The Nelson-class ships of the line were a class of three 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the two Surveyors of the Navy at the time, Robert Seppings and Joseph Tucker.

Ships

• HMS Nelson

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered: 23 November 1805

Laid down: December 1809

Launched: 4 July 1814

Completed: 17 August 1814

Fate: Broken up, 1928

• HMS St Vincent

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 15 January 1806

Laid down: May 1810

Launched: 11 March 1815

Completed 1829

Fate: Sold, 1906

• HMS Howe

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 15 January 1806

Laid down: June 1808

Launched: 28 March 1815

Completed: 1835

Fate: Sold, 1854

References

• 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 and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.