The Canopus class consisted of nine 84-gun two-deck, second rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy: , , , , , , , , . Their design was based on an enlarged version of the lines of the captured French ship Franklin, since commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Canopus, although this ship herself was not included as a member of the class.Winfield, pp. 27–29 The earlier ships were initially ordered as 80-gun third rates, but this classification was altered by changes in the rating system in February 1817. These ships are sometimes referred to as the ''Formidable'' class.
Ships
Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 8 May 1815 Launched: 19 May 1825 Fate: Sold, 1906
Builder: Bombay Dockyard Ordered: 4 June 1816 Launched: 10 November 1821 Fate: Sold, 1929
Builder: Bombay Dockyard Ordered: 22 April 1819 Launched: 19 January 1824 Fate: Sold, 1908
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard Ordered: 23 January 1817 Launched: 27 July 1824 Fate: Sold, 1897
Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 23 January 1817 Launched: 21 June 1826 Fate: Broken up, 1864
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard Ordered: 27 May 1819 Launched: 25 July 1827 Fate: Burnt, 1884
Builder: Bombay Dockyard Ordered: 26 January 1825 Launched: 17 February 1828 Fate: Burnt, 1864
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 23 January 1817 Launched: 22 September 1831 Fate: Sold, 1901
Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 23 July 1817 Launched: 18 December 1832 Fate: Broken up, 1866
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