Burford-class ship of the line

Class overview

Name:	Burford
Operators:	Royal Navy
In service:	1757 - 1785
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1427
Length:	162 ft 0 in (49.4 m) (gundeck) 134 ft 6 in (41.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 8 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Complement:	520 officers and men
Armament:	68 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders

The Burford class ships were three 68-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Joseph Allin. The Burford ships were almost the last "70-gun" (in practice 68-gun) ships designed by Allin. They were built to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1754.

Ships

HMS Burford

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 15 January 1754

Laid down: 30 October 1754

Launched: 5 May 1757

Fate: Sold to be broken up, 1785

HMS Dorsetshire

Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard

Ordered: 15 January 1754

Laid down: 22 June 1754

Launched: 13 December 1757

Fate: Broken up, 1775

HMS Boyne

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 13 May 1758

Laid down: 9 August 1758

Launched: 31 May 1766

Fate: Broken up, 1783

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
Lyon, David (1993) The Sailing Navy List. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5
Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714 - 1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-295-5

1745 Establishment ships

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

90-gun second rates	Namur Union Neptune

80-gun third rates	Cambridge

70-gun third rates	Chichester

60-gun fourth rates	Dunkirk Montagu

1752 amendments

60-gun fourth rates	Pembroke Rippon

50-gun fourth rates	Chatham

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

Preceded by: 1719 Establishment
Followed by: Sandwich class, Valiant class, Dublin class, Edgar class, Essex class

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