Nation Guns of Class  Rate of Class

Number of ships in Class in Commission in 1781

Notes
Britain 100 1st Rate SOL 3 Britannia, Royal George, and Victory
  98   7  
  90   3  
  80   3 Old 3 Decker
  80   3 2 Decker French & Spanish Prizes
  74   7 Large British & French Prizes
  74 35 British Common Class & Spanish 70 Prizes
  70   1 Old 2 Decker
  64   4 2 Decker French & Spanish Prizes
  64   18 British Common Class
  60   4 Old 2 Decker
  50   3 2 Decker French, Spanish  & Dutch Prizes
  50   13 British Common Class
  44   21 Small British 2 Decker
40 5 French Prizes
38 7
36 12
32 29
28 18
20 24 Smallest British Navy Frigate
18 94 Brigs
France 104 5 Bretagne, Majestuex, Royal Louis, Terrible, and Ville de Paris
  80   5  
74 32 74s Built after 1760
70 5 Old 2 Decker Built before 1760
64 18
50 5 Old 2 Decker
  40   4  
36 5
32 47
28 5 Smallest French Navy Frigate
24 ?  Privateers Common French Privateer
22 ?  Privateers Single mast Sloop
16 ?  Privateers Brigs
Spain 100 1 Purissma Concepcion
80 2
70 7
64 4
60 5
  50   1  
36 14 Xebec Rigged Frigates
34 23 Square Rigged Frigates, 34 was standard, but due to shortages armament ranged from 26 to 34
Netherlands 76 1 Admiral Generaal
  74   3  
68 2
64 6
60 3
56 9 54 to 56 guns
  50   6  
44 6
36 12
24 6
United States 74   1 AMERICA. Assumes the funds were made available on time (In reality this ship was delayed over a year due to a lack of funding BUT could have been commissioned in January 1781 if funding was on schedule.)
  40   1 South Carolina Navy ship built in Holland
  36   2 Alliance (Copper bottomed in 1780) and the Confederacy
  32   3 Hague, Pallas and Trumbull
  26   ?  Privateers. In 1781 alone the United States Continental Congress issued over 450 Letters of Marquee Example ship : General Washington  20 x 9Ib and 6 x 6Ib cannons
  24   1697 Privately owned  warships sailed for the United States with Letters of Marquee during the American war of independence. Example ship : Congress  24  x 6Ib cannons
20 ? Example ship : Columbus  20  x 6Ib cannons

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