London-class ship of the line

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, HMS London (1766), 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

 * HMS London (1766)
 * Builder: Chatham Dockyard
 * Ordered: 28 September 1759
 * Launched: 24 May 1766
 * Fate: Broken up, 1811


 * HMS Prince (1788)
 * Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
 * Ordered: 9 December 1779
 * Launched: 4 July 1788
 * Fate: Broken up, 1837


 * HMS Impregnable (1786)
 * Builder: Deptford Dockyard
 * Ordered: 13 September 1780
 * Launched: 15 April 1786
 * Fate: Wrecked, 1799


 * HMS Windsor Castle (1790)
 * Builder: Deptford Dockyard
 * Ordered: 10 December 1782
 * Launched: 3 May 1790
 * Fate: Broken up, 1839