Worcester-class ship of the line

HMS Lion in 1794
Class overview
Name	Worcester
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Intrepid class
Succeeded by	Inflexible class
In service	17 October 1769 – 1837
Completed	3
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck) 130 ft 7+1⁄2 in (39.8 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pounders Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
Notes	Ships in class include: Worcester, Stirling Castle, Lion

The Worcester-class ships of the line were a class of three 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.^[1]

Ships

• HMS Worcester

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 16 November 1765

Launched: 17 October 1769

Fate: Broken up, 1816

• HMS Stirling Castle

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 12 October 1768

Launched: 28 June 1775

Fate: Wrecked, 1780

• HMS Lion

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 12 October 1768

Launched: 3 September 1777

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1837

Citations

1. Winfield, p. 101

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.