 The Admiralty reacted swiftly and appointed Thomas Slade and William Bateley as the new joint Surveyors, and shortly thereafter two new 70-gun ships were ordered to be built to Slade's draught, which represented a significant increase in size over their predecessors— as opposed to the of the 1754 amendments.Although nominally ordered as 70s, these new third rates were in fact the first of the 74s, and represented the end of the 70-gunner as a ship type on the navy lists.The era of crippling conservatism in British shipbuilding completed its slow death when Anson, by now the First Lord of the Admiralty, had the Navy Board reorganised with people who would support the Admiralty rather than fight with it, as had been the case previously.