The "74" was the class line-of-battle ship of the late eighteenth century, and "Bellona" was one of the most important and long lived. Launched in 1760, she belonged to the first truly succesful class of British 74-gun ships, a design that was built in large numbers over more than twenty years. Bellona herself served with distinction in four years and was not broken up until 1814. 120 pages h/b