Boyne-class ship of the line (1810)

	Fight of the Romulus with Boyne and Caledonia
Class overview
Name	Boyne
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Neptune class
Succeeded by	Rodney class
In service	3 July 1810–1861
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics as built
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,16222⁄94 (bm)
Length	186 ft (56.7 m) (at the gun deck)
Beam	51 ft 10 in (15.8 m)
Draught	18 ft 1 in (5.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	738
Armament	104 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns; Lower gun deck: 28 × 32 pdr guns; Middle gun deck: 30 × 18 pdr guns; Upper gund eck: 30 × 12 pdr guns; Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns, 8 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades;

The Boyne class consisted of two 98-gun, second rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the first decade of the 19th century. The sisters only saw active service during the last few years of the Napoleonic Wars and only Boyne actually saw combat. Union was placed in ordinary in 1814 and Boyne briefly served as a flagship in 1816 before she was placed in ordinary that same year. Boyne was cut down (razeed) into a two deck, 76-gun, third rate in 1826. Union was also ordered to be cut down the following year, but it was never completed and the ship was broken up for scrap in 1833.

Boyne was converted into a gunnery training ship in 1833–1834 and was renamed Excellent. She was renamed Queen Charlotte in 1859 and broken up in 1861.