Neptune-class ship of the line
# Neptune-class ship of the line

The Neptune-class ships of the line were a class of three 98-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. All three of the ships in the class took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

## Ships

* HMS Neptune

    Builder: Deptford Dockyard
    Ordered: 15 February 1790
    Launched: 28 January 1797
    Fate: Broken up, 1818
* HMS Temeraire

    Builder: Chatham Dockyard
    Ordered: 9 December 1790
    Launched: 11 September 1798
    Fate: Sold out of the service, 1838
* HMS Dreadnought

    Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
    Ordered: 17 January 1788
    Launched: 13 June 1801
    Fate: Broken up, 1857
