at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. In addition, dozens of ship models exist, produced as part of constructing the real ships, and thus believed accurate both externally and internally. Classes British (7 ships) (2) (2) (5) (12) (4) (9) (5) (8) (6) (8) (4) (6) (6) (2) (2) (2) (2) (4) (8) (2) (40) (4) French (2 ships) (107) (3) (2) Russian (19 ships) (4) (7) (23) (11) (7) (25) Venetian (16 ships) (29) (1) (4) Notes References Glete, Jan, Navies and nations: Warships, navies and state building in Europe and America, 1500–1860. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm. 1993. Ercole, Guido, Vascelli e fregate della Serenissima. Navi di linea della Marina veneziana 1652-1797. GMT, Trento. 2011. Further reading Jean Boudriot, transl. David Roberts, The Seventy-Four Gun Ship (Naval Institute Press, 1986) originally Le Vaisseau de 74 Canons, 1973. Four volumes document every aspect of the French 74, from shipyard construction techniques to handling under sail. Many large diagrams and drawings. External links A seventy-four gun ship scaled model A seventy-four gun ship model Ships of the line Ship of the line classes Naval sailing ship types