title: Ganges-class ship of the line
text: # Ganges-class ship of the line
  
  The Ganges-class ships of the line were a class of six 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Edward Hunt in 1779.
  
  ## Ships
  
  * HMS Ganges
  
      Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
      Ordered: 14 July 1779
      Launched: 30 March 1782
      Fate: Broken up, 1816
  * HMS Culloden
  
      Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
      Ordered: 12 July 1779
      Launched: 16 June 1783
      Fate: Broken up, 1813
  * HMS Tremendous
  
      Builder: Barnard, Deptford
      Ordered: 1 January 1782
      Launched: 30 October 1784
      Fate: Sold out of the service, 1897
  * HMS Invincible
  
      Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
      Ordered: 25 June 1801
      Launched: 15 March 1808
      Fate: Broken up, 1861
  * HMS Minden
  
      Builder: Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia, Duncan Docks, Bombay
      Ordered: 9 July 1801
      Launched: 19 June 1810
      Fate: Sold out of the service, 1861
  * HMS Minotaur
  
      Builder: Chatham Dockyard
      Ordered: 3 December 1811
      Laid Down: December 1812
      Launched: 15 April 1816
      Fate: Hulked, 1842, Broken up 1869
  