Repulse-class ship of the line

	HMS Malabar (left) at the explosion of USS Missouri
Class overview
Name	Repulse
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Fame class
Succeeded by	Swiftsure class
In service	11 December 1802 - 1926
Completed	11
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,706 8⁄94 (bm)
Length	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 4 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns; Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns; Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdr guns + 12 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades;

The Repulse-class ships of the line were a class of eleven 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. The first three ships to this design were ordered in 1800, with a second batch of five following in 1805. The final three ships of the class were ordered towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars to a modified version of Rule's draught, using the new interlocking, diagonal truss system created by Sir Robert Seppings; all three were completed after the war's end.