Repulse-class ship of the line

The Repulse-class ships of the line were a class of eleven 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. The first three ships to this design were ordered in 1800, with a second batch of five following in 1805. The final three ships of the class were ordered towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars to a modified version of Rule's draught, using the new interlocking, diagonal truss system created by Sir Robert Seppings; all three were completed after the war's end.

The Repulse-class ships were designed to measure 174 feet (53 m) on the gundeck and 143 feet 2 inches (43.6 m) on the keel. They had a beam of 47 feet 4 inches (14.4 m), a depth of hold of 20 feet (6.1 m) and had a tonnage of 1,7068⁄94 tons burthen. The ships' draught varied considerably between ships. The Repulse-class ships were armed with 74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns that consisted of twenty-eight 32-pounder guns on her lower gundeck and twenty-eight 18-pounder guns on her upper gundeck. Their forecastle mounted a pair of 18-pounder guns and two 32-pounder carronades. On their quarterdeck they carried two 18-pounders and a dozen 32-pounder carronades. Above the quarterdeck was their poop deck with half-a-dozen 18-pounder carronades. Their crew numbered 590 officers and ratings. The ships were fitted with three masts and ship-rigged.^[1]

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