File:Weight Growth of RN First Rate Line-of-Battle Ships 1630-1875.svg
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English: Weight growth of RN first rate line-of-battle ships 1630-1875 |
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Python plot script
Made with Matplotlib:
from pylab import *
rc("xtick.major", pad=8)
data = """
Sovereign of the Seas 90 1637 1,522 2,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Naseby 80 1655 1,258 2,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Prince 100 1670 1,403 2,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal James 100 1671 1,416 2,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Charles 100 1673 1,443 2,400 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal James 100 1675 1,422 2,400 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Prince 92 1663 1,432 2,400 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Britannia 100 1682 1,739 2,900 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Sovereign 100 1701 1,883 3,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Anne 100 1703 1,722 2,900 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
London 100 1706 1,685 2,800 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal George 100 1715 1,801 3,000 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Britannia 100 1719 1,895 3,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal William 100 1719 1,918 3,200 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Sovereign 100 1728 1,883 3,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Victory 100 1737 1,921 3,200 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal George 100 1756 2,047 3,400 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Britannia 100 1762 2,116 3,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Victory 100 1765 2,142 3,600 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Sovereign 100 1786 2,175 3,600 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal George 100 1788 2,286 3,800 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Caledonia 120 1808 2,616 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Ville de Paris 110 1795 2,351 3,900 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Hibernia 110 1804 2,530 4,200 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Queen Charlotte 100 1790 2,286 3,800 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Nelson 120 1814 2,617 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
St Vincent 120 1815 2,601 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Howe 120 1815 2,619 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Britannia 120 1820 2,616 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Prince Regent 120 1823 2,613 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Queen Charlotte 104 1810 2,289 3,800 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Princess Charlotte 104 1825 2,443 4,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal Adelaide 104 1828 2,446 4,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal George 120 1827 2,616 4,300 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Neptune 120 1832 2,694 4,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Royal William 120 1833 2,694 4,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Waterloo 120 1833 2,694 4,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
St George 120 1840 2,694 4,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Trafalgar 120 1841 2,694 4,500 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Queen 110 1839 3,104 5,100 Sail Three-Decker Lavery
Duke of Wellington 131 1852 3,759 5,829 5,829 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Marlborough 131 1855 3,853 6,065 6,065 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Royal Sovereign 131 1857 3,853 6,065 6,065 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Prince of Wales 131 1860 3,853 6,065 6,065 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Royal Albert 121 1854 3,726 5,572 5,572 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Windsor Castle 102 1858 3,099 5,100 Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) Lambert
Victoria 121 1859 4,116 6,959 6,959 Steam Three-Decker Lambert
Howe 121 1860 4,236 7,000 Steam Three-Decker Lambert
Saint Jean d'Acre 101 1853 3,200 5,499 5,499 Steam Two-Decker Lambert
Conqueror 101 1855 3,224 5,720 5,720 Steam Two-Decker Lambert
Donegal 101 1858 3,224 5,720 5,720 Steam Two-Decker Lambert
Duncan 101 1859 3,715 5,950 5,950 Steam Two-Decker Lambert
Gibraltar 101 1860 3,715 5,950 5,950 Steam Two-Decker Lambert
Warrior 40 1860 6,039 9,180 9,180 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Black Prince 40 1861 6,039 9,180 9,180 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Achilles 26 1863 6,121 9,820 9,820 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Minotaur 36 1863 6,643 10,690 10,690 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Agincourt 36 1865 6,638 10,600 10,600 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Northumberland 36 1866 6,631 10,784 10,784 Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Lord Clyde 24 1864 4,067 7,750 7,750 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Lord Warden 16 1865 4,080 7,842 7,842 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Frigate Lyon & Winfield
Bellerophon 15 1865 4,720 7,551 7,551 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Lyon & Winfield
Hercules 14 1868 5,234 8,830 8,830 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Lyon & Winfield
Monarch 7 1868 5,102 8,322 8,322 Masted Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
Captain 6 1869 4,272 7,767 7,767 Masted Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
Sultan 12 1870 5,234 9,540 9,540 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Lyon & Winfield
Devastation 4 1871 4,407 9,390 9,390 Mastless Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
Thunderer 4 1872 9,390 9,390 Mastless Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
Alexandra 12 1875 9,490 9,490 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Lyon & Winfield
Dreadnought 4 1875 10,820 10,820 Mastless Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
Temeraire 8 1876 8,571 8,571 Centre-Battery Iron-Clad Lyon & Winfield
Inflexible 4 1876 11,880 11,880 Central Citadel Turret Ship Lyon & Winfield
"""
s2x, s2y, s3x, s3y, t3x, t3y, ix, iy, lx, ly = [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
for l in data.splitlines():
if len(l) < 5:
continue
n = l[:26].strip()
y = int(l[33:39])
try:
t = int(l[39:47].replace(',', ''))
except:
continue
if 'Steam Two-Decker' in l:
s2x.append(y)
s2y.append(t)
elif 'Steam Three-Decker' in l:
s3x.append(y)
s3y.append(t)
elif 'Sail Three-Decker' in l:
t3x.append(y)
t3y.append(t)
elif 'igate' in l:
ix.append(y)
iy.append(t)
else:
lx.append(y)
ly.append(t)
ll = .7
scatter(t3x, t3y, c='b', marker='o', lw=ll, label='Sail 3-Deckers')
scatter(s3x, s3y, c='orange', marker='o', lw=ll, label='Steam 3-Deckers')
scatter(s2x, s2y, c='r', marker='o', lw=ll, label='Steam 2-Deckers')
scatter(ix, iy, c='g', marker='o', lw=ll, label='Iron-clad Frigates')
scatter(lx, ly, c='cyan', marker='o', lw=ll, label='Later Iron-clads')
legend(loc="upper left")
ylim(0, 7000)
xlim(1630, 1875)
xticks(range(1630, 1930, 50))
xlabel("Year launched")
ylabel("Tonnage (BOM)")
grid(True, ls='-', c='#a0a0a0')
savefig("Weight Growth of RN First Rate Line-of-Battle Ships 1630-1875.svg")
show()
Data
The data for this graph cover all the Royal Navy's sail and steam first rate line-of-battle ships from the Sovereign of the Seas to the Victoria and Howe. For comparison it also includes the early RN large ironclads of the type that would later be called first class battleships.
| Name | Guns | Launched | Tonnage | Displacement (either load or full load) | Estimated Displacement if not known |
Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereign of the Seas | 90 | 1637 | 1,522 | 2,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Naseby | 80 | 1655 | 1,258 | 2,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Prince | 100 | 1670 | 1,403 | 2,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal James | 100 | 1671 | 1,416 | 2,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Charles | 100 | 1673 | 1,443 | 2,400 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal James | 100 | 1675 | 1,422 | 2,400 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Prince | 92 | 1663 | 1,432 | 2,400 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Britannia | 100 | 1682 | 1,739 | 2,900 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Sovereign | 100 | 1701 | 1,883 | 3,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Anne | 100 | 1703 | 1,722 | 2,900 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| London | 100 | 1706 | 1,685 | 2,800 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal George | 100 | 1715 | 1,801 | 3,000 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Britannia | 100 | 1719 | 1,895 | 3,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal William | 100 | 1719 | 1,918 | 3,200 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Sovereign | 100 | 1728 | 1,883 | 3,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Victory | 100 | 1737 | 1,921 | 3,200 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal George | 100 | 1756 | 2,047 | 3,400 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Britannia | 100 | 1762 | 2,116 | 3,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Victory | 100 | 1765 | 2,142 | 3,600 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Sovereign | 100 | 1786 | 2,175 | 3,600 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal George | 100 | 1788 | 2,286 | 3,800 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Caledonia | 120 | 1808 | 2,616 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Ville de Paris | 110 | 1795 | 2,351 | 3,900 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Hibernia | 110 | 1804 | 2,530 | 4,200 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Queen Charlotte | 100 | 1790 | 2,286 | 3,800 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Nelson | 120 | 1814 | 2,617 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| St Vincent | 120 | 1815 | 2,601 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Howe | 120 | 1815 | 2,619 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Britannia | 120 | 1820 | 2,616 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Prince Regent | 120 | 1823 | 2,613 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Queen Charlotte | 104 | 1810 | 2,289 | 3,800 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Princess Charlotte | 104 | 1825 | 2,443 | 4,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal Adelaide | 104 | 1828 | 2,446 | 4,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal George | 120 | 1827 | 2,616 | 4,300 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Neptune | 120 | 1832 | 2,694 | 4,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Royal William | 120 | 1833 | 2,694 | 4,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Waterloo | 120 | 1833 | 2,694 | 4,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| St George | 120 | 1840 | 2,694 | 4,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Trafalgar | 120 | 1841 | 2,694 | 4,500 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Queen | 110 | 1839 | 3,104 | 5,100 | Sail Three-Decker | Lavery | |
| Duke of Wellington | 131 | 1852 | 3,759 | 5,829 | 5,829 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert |
| Marlborough | 131 | 1855 | 3,853 | 6,065 | 6,065 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert |
| Royal Sovereign | 131 | 1857 | 3,853 | 6,065 | 6,065 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert |
| Prince of Wales | 131 | 1860 | 3,853 | 6,065 | 6,065 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert |
| Royal Albert | 121 | 1854 | 3,726 | 5,572 | 5,572 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert |
| Windsor Castle | 102 | 1858 | 3,099 | 5,100 | Steam Three-Decker (conversion from sail) | Lambert | |
| Victoria | 121 | 1859 | 4,116 | 6,959 | 6,959 | Steam Three-Decker | Lambert |
| Howe | 121 | 1860 | 4,236 | 7,000 | Steam Three-Decker | Lambert | |
| Saint Jean d'Acre | 101 | 1853 | 3,200 | 5,499 | 5,499 | Steam Two-Decker | Lambert |
| Conqueror | 101 | 1855 | 3,224 | 5,720 | 5,720 | Steam Two-Decker | Lambert |
| Donegal | 101 | 1858 | 3,224 | 5,720 | 5,720 | Steam Two-Decker | Lambert |
| Duncan | 101 | 1859 | 3,715 | 5,950 | 5,950 | Steam Two-Decker | Lambert |
| Gibraltar | 101 | 1860 | 3,715 | 5,950 | 5,950 | Steam Two-Decker | Lambert |
| Warrior | 40 | 1860 | 6,039 | 9,180 | 9,180 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Black Prince | 40 | 1861 | 6,039 | 9,180 | 9,180 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Achilles | 26 | 1863 | 6,121 | 9,820 | 9,820 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Minotaur | 36 | 1863 | 6,643 | 10,690 | 10,690 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Agincourt | 36 | 1865 | 6,638 | 10,600 | 10,600 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Northumberland | 36 | 1866 | 6,631 | 10,784 | 10,784 | Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Lord Clyde | 24 | 1864 | 4,067 | 7,750 | 7,750 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad/ Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Lord Warden | 16 | 1865 | 4,080 | 7,842 | 7,842 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad/ Iron-Clad Frigate | Lyon & Winfield |
| Bellerophon | 15 | 1865 | 4,720 | 7,551 | 7,551 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad | Lyon & Winfield |
| Hercules | 14 | 1868 | 5,234 | 8,830 | 8,830 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad | Lyon & Winfield |
| Monarch | 7 | 1868 | 5,102 | 8,322 | 8,322 | Masted Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield |
| Captain | 6 | 1869 | 4,272 | 7,767 | 7,767 | Masted Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield |
| Sultan | 12 | 1870 | 5,234 | 9,540 | 9,540 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad | Lyon & Winfield |
| Devastation | 4 | 1871 | 4,407 | 9,390 | 9,390 | Mastless Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield |
| Thunderer | 4 | 1872 | 9,390 | 9,390 | Mastless Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield | |
| Alexandra | 12 | 1875 | 9,490 | 9,490 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad | Lyon & Winfield | |
| Dreadnought | 4 | 1875 | 10,820 | 10,820 | Mastless Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield | |
| Temeraire | 8 | 1876 | 8,571 | 8,571 | Centre-Battery Iron-Clad | Lyon & Winfield | |
| Inflexible | 4 | 1876 | 11,880 | 11,880 | Central Citadel Turret Ship | Lyon & Winfield |
Sources
- Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860, published Conway Maritime Press, 1984. ISBN 0-85177-315-X
- Lavery, Brian, The Ship of the Line Volume I, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8
- Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9
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