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 |