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|Name=''Exeter''
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|In service range= 26 July 1763 – 1816
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*Quarterdeck: 10 × 4-pounders
*Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders
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|Ship notes=Ships in class include: {{HMS|Exeter|1763|2}}, {{HMS|Europa|1765|2}}, {{HMS|Trident|1768|2}}, {{HMS|Prudent|1768|2}}
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The '''''Exeter''-class [[ship of the line|ships of the line]]''' were a class of four 64-gun [[third rate]]s, designed for the [[Royal Navy]] by [[William Bateley]].

==Design==
The draught for ''Exeter'' was based upon the {{sclass|Richmond|frigate|3}}s of 1756.

==Ships ==
*{{HMS|Exeter|1763|6}}
:Builder: Henniker, [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]]
:Ordered: 13 January 1760
:Launched: 26 July 1764
:Fate: Burned, 1785

*{{HMS|Europa|1765|6}}
:Builder: Adams, [[Lepe, Hampshire]]
:Ordered: 16 December 1761
:Launched: 21 April 1765
:Fate: Broken up, 1814

*{{HMS|Trident|1768|6}}
:Builder: [[Plymouth Dockyard]]
:Ordered: 4 December 1762
:Launched: 20 April 1768
:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1816

*{{HMS|Prudent|1768|6}}
:Builder: [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
:Ordered: 7 January 1762
:Launched: 28 September 1768
:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1814

==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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