title: Albion-class ship of the line (1763)
text: # Albion-class ship of the line (1763)
  
  The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of five 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
  
  ## Design
  
  Slade based the design of the Albion-class on the lines of the 90-gun ship Neptune.
  
  ## Ships
  
  * HMS Albion
  
      Builder: Deptford Dockyard
      Ordered: 1 December 1759
      Launched: 16 May 1763
      Fate: Wrecked, 1797
  * HMS Grafton
  
      Builder: Deptford Dockyard
      Ordered: 22 October 1767
      Launched: 26 September 1771
      Fate: Broken up, 1816
  * HMS Alcide
  
      Builder: Deptford Dockyard
      Ordered: 21 August 1774
      Launched: 30 July 1779
      Fate: Broken up, 1817
  * HMS Fortitude
  
      Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
      Ordered: 2 February 1778
      Launched: 23 March 1780
      Fate: Broken up, 1820
  * HMS Irresistible
  
      Builder: Barnard, Harwich
      Ordered: 8 July 1778
      Launched: 6 December 1782
      Fate: Broken up, 1806
  