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Boyne-class second-rate ship of the line

1790 class of British second-rate ships of the line

The Boyne-class ships of the line were a class of two 98-gun second rates, ordered in 1783 and designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Edward Hunt.

== Ships == HMS Boyne Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 21 January 1783 Laid down: 4 November 1783 Launched: 27 June 1790 Completed: 21 November 1790 Fate: Burnt, 1 May 1795 HMS Prince of Wales Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard Ordered: 29 November 1783 Laid down: May 1784 Launched: 28 June 1794 Completed: 27 December 1794 Fate: Broken up, December 1822

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== References == Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

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