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{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Royal George}}

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|Ship image=A First Rate the Portrait of the Royal George. Vaisseau du Premier Rang. le Royal George RMG PW7980.jpg
|Ship caption=''Royal George''
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|Ship country=[[Place:Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}}
|Ship name=HMS ''Royal George''
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|Ship builder=Chatham Dockyard
|Ship laid down=June 1784
|Ship launched=16 September 1788
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|Ship honours={{unbulleted list|Participated in:|
Battle of Groix|}}
Glorious First of June
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|Ship fate=Broken up, 1822
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p179">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.</ref>
|Ship class=100-gun first rate [[Engineering:Ship of the line|ship of the line]]
|Ship tons burthen=2286 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]
|Ship length={{convert|190|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|52|ft|5+1/2|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|22|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Engineering:Full-rigged ship|Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament={{unbulleted list|
Gundeck: 30 × 42-pounder guns|
Middle gundeck: 28 × 24-pounder guns|
Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns|
[[Engineering:Quarterdeck|QD]]: 10 × 12-pounder guns|
[[Engineering:Forecastle|Fc]]: 2 × 12-pounder guns}}
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[[File:HMS Royal George on the Medway, with HMS Queen Charlotte under construction 1790.jpg|thumb|''Royal George'' on the Medway in 1790, the ''Queen Charlotte'' is under construction in the background]]
'''HMS ''Royal George''''' was a 100-gun first rate [[Engineering:Ship of the line|ship of the line]] of the Royal Navy, launched from Chatham Dockyard on 16 September 1788. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and {{HMS|Queen Charlotte|1790|2}} was the only other ship built to her draught.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p179" /><ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p119">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p119.</ref> She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

''Royal George'' served as the flagship at the Battle of Groix and wore the flag of Admiral Alexander Hood at the Glorious First of June. In 1807 she served as the flagship of Admiral Sir John Duckworth<ref name="PagetTaylor-Thom">George Thom, Paget & Taylor.</ref> during the Alexandria expedition of 1807.

She was broken up in 1822.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p179" />

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==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}}.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080718232703/http://genealogy.darlingranges.com/tree/georgethom.php George Thom]. Paget & Taylor Family Tree. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
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