The London-class ships of the line were a class of four second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
Design
The first ship of the class, London, was a 90-gun ship. When the second batch of three ships was ordered several years later, they were specified as being 98-gun ships. This was achievable without significant modifications to the design thanks to the earlier practice of not arming the quarterdecks of second rates, thus allowing for the addition of 4 guns per side.
Ships
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 28 September 1759
- Launched: 24 May 1766
- Fate: Broken up, 1811
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 9 December 1779
- Launched: 4 July 1788
- Fate: Broken up, 1837
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 13 September 1780
- Launched: 15 April 1786
- Fate: Wrecked, 1799
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 10 December 1782
- Launched: 3 May 1790
- Fate: Broken up, 1839
References