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HMS Neptune at the Battle of Trafalgar
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Neptune |
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| Preceded by: | Boyne-class |
| Succeeded by: | Boyne-class |
| In service: | 28 January 1797 - 1857 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
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| Beam: | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
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| Notes: | Ships in class include: Neptune, Temeraire, Dreadnought |
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.