Talk:Seventy-four (ship)

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Last seventy-four[edit]

I believe the last surviving seventy-four was HMS Cornwallis built in 1813 and broken up in 1957, But correct me if I’m wrong. Implacable18 (talk) 17:10, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seventy-fours in the Royal Netherlands Navy[edit]

In short - there weren't any. Prior to the French Revolution, each of the sea-going provinces of the Seven United Netherlands maintained it's own navy; there was no Royal Netherlands Navy as the Netherlands were not a kingdom. Following their revolution, the French made the Netherlands a puppet state called the Batavian Republic (whose navy, of course, was the Batavian Navy). Neither of the United Netherlands or the Batavian Republic had more than a handful of 74-gun ships, since the shallow waters of the Netherlands were better suited by smaller designs of 60-68 guns. Pretty much the entirety of the Batavian fleet was captured by the British, either at Camperdown or the Vlieter. Under Napolean, the Dutch were compelled to build a number of 74's for the French navy, some of which were still in Dutch hands at the end of the war, however I'm not aware that any of them were retained following the creation of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Probably Royal Netherlands Navy in the infobox should be replaced with Batavian Republic Navy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:C7C0:438:1779:F364:7598 (talk) 20:32, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]