Caledonia class ship of the line

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Class overview

Name:	Caledonia
Operators:	Royal Navy
Succeeded by:	Nelson-class
In service:	25 June 1808 - 1918
Completed:	9
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	205 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 170 ft 11 in (52.1 m) (keel) Broadened: 205 ft 5½ in (62.62 m) (gundeck) 170 ft 11 in (52.1 m) (keel)
Beam:	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) 54 ft 6 in (16.6 m) (broadened)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	120 guns: Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 2 × 18 pdr carronades
Notes:	Ships in class include: Caledonia, Britannia, Prince Regent, Royal George, Neptune, Royal William, Waterloo, St George, Trafalgar

The Caledonia-class ships of the line were a class of nine 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule.

The armament remained the same for the first 3 ships of the class, with the exception of an increase in firepower on the poop deck from 2 to 6 18-pdr carronades. The armament for the fourth ship was dramatically increased, with two of the 32-pdrs on the main gun deck being replaced with 68-pdr carronades, all guns on the middle and upper gun decks being replaced with the same number of 32-pdrs, four of the 12-pdr guns on the quarterdeck were replaced with 32-pdr carronades, and the remaining two were increased to 18-pdrs, along with the two 12-pdrs on the forecastle, and the carronades on the poop deck were removed. The remaining five ships were built to a slightly broadened version of the draught, and this sub-class was armed in the same was as the last of the standard Caledonias, HMS Royal George.