HMS Bellona

HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was one of three ships ordered on 28 December 1757 to be built to Slade's design - the Bellona at Chatham by Master Shipwright John Lock and the other two, HMS Dragon and HMS Superb, at Deptford Dockyard. She was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. "The design of the Bellona class was never repeated precisely, but Slade experimented slightly with the lines, and the Arrogant, Ramillies, Egmont, and Elizabeth classes were almost identical in size, layout, and structure, and had only slight variations in the shape of the underwater hull. The Culloden-class ship of the line was also similar, but slightly larger. Thus over forty ships were near-sisters of the Bellona."

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Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line, third-rate, Chatham Dockyard, Royal Navy, 

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Action between 'Leander' and French two-decker 'Genereux', 18 Aug 1798 RMG S1462

HMS Bellona 1760

Gezicht van de zeeslag bij Copenhagen, 1801, RP-P-OB-73.109

HMS Bellona 1760

Gezicht van de zeeslag bij Copenhagen, 1801, RP-P-OB-73.109

Plan HMS Superb 74 canons en 1758-1760

Plan HMS Superb 74 canons en 1758-1760

'Bellona', 74 guns, in the Channel with a Dutch prize, early 1781

Fight Between the Courageux and the Bellona

Bellona & Courageux 1761

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Action between 'Leander' and French two-decker 'Genereux', 18 Aug 1798 RMG S1462		Commons
commons	image		HMS Bellona 1760		Commons
commons	image		Gezicht van de zeeslag bij Copenhagen, 1801, RP-P-OB-73.109		Commons
commons	image		HMS Bellona 1760		Commons
commons	image		Gezicht van de zeeslag bij Copenhagen, 1801, RP-P-OB-73.109		Commons
commons	image		Plan HMS Superb 74 canons en 1758-1760		Commons
commons	image		Plan HMS Superb 74 canons en 1758-1760		Commons
commons	image		'Bellona', 74 guns, in the Channel with a Dutch prize, early 1781		Commons
commons	image		Fight Between the Courageux and the Bellona		Commons
commons	image		Bellona & Courageux 1761		Commons