Valiant-class ship of the line
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The Valiant-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the Royal Navy.
Design
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Ships
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- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 21 May 1757
- Launched: 10 August 1759
- Fate: Broken up, 1826
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- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 21 May 1757
- Launched: 3 March 1764
- Fate: Broken up, 1850
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. Template:ISBN.