The Royal Oak-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams. The Alfred class were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class.
Ships
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 16 November 1765
- Launched: 13 November 1769
- Fate: Broken up, 1815
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 12 October 1768
- Laid Down: October 1769
- Launched: 18 October 1773
- Completed for Sea: 12 July 1777
- Fate: Broken up, November 1794
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 12 October 1768
- Launched: 27 October 1775
- Fate: Broken up, 1817
- Builder: Adams, Deptford
- Ordered: 14 January 1771
- Launched: 27 May 1774
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
- Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
- Ordered: 14 January 1771
- Launched: 25 June 1774
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
- Builder: Barnard, Harwich
- Ordered: 14 January 1771
- Launched: 23 December 1775
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, ISBN 1-86176-295-X