Dublin class ship of the line

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Class overview
Name:	Dublin
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	1745 Establishment
Succeeded by:	Hercules-class
In service:	6 May 1757 - 1802
Completed:	7
Lost:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	165 ft 6 in (50.4 m) (gundeck) 134 ft 6 in (41.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	46 ft 6 in (14.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: Dublin, Norfolk, Shrewsbury, Lenox, Warspite, Resolution, Mars

The Dublin class ships of the line were a class of seven 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

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The Dublin class ships were the first 74-gun ships designed by Slade, and marked the beginning of a more dynamic era of naval design than that seen in the ultra-conservative Establishment era preceding it.

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