| 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 |
