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    ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was...
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  • of a ship of the line. By internal chronology, A Ship of the Line, which follows The Happy Return, is the seventh book in the series (counting the unfinished...
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    In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first-rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating...
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    air force rank of group captain. Equivalent ranks worldwide include ship-of-the-line captain (e.g. France, Argentina, Spain), captain of sea and war (e...
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    is built onto the line's ships. Carnival is ranked first on the list of largest cruise lines based on passengers carried annually. As of March 2025[update]...
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    Line, whose smaller ships cultivate an image of classic elegance. The first large cruise ships were the destiny-class from Carnival Cruise Line. The lead...
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    In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third-rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with...
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    The line of battle or the battle line is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships (known as ships of the line) forms a line end to end. The...
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    two French ships of the line and two frigates escaped from a total of 17 ships engaged. The battle reversed the strategic situation between the two nations'...
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    The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy...
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    The Arrogant-class ships of the line were a class of twelve 74-gun third rate ships designed by Sir Thomas Slade for the Royal Navy. The Arrogant-class...
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  • Ship-of-the-line lieutenant (French: Lieutenant de vaisseau; Spanish: Teniente de navío) is a naval officer rank, used in a number of countries. The name...
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    The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet...
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  • Thumbnail for Océan-class ship of the line
    The Océan-class ships of the line were a series of 118-gun three-decker ships of the line of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Fifteen...
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    After 1714 any ship with fewer than 20 guns was unrated. A first-, second- or third-rate ship was regarded as a "ship-of-the-line". The first and second...
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    The Caledonia-class ships of the line were a class of nine 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. A tenth ship (Royal Frederick)...
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    Battleship (redirect from Battle ship)
    beginning in the 1940s. The modern battleship traces its origin to the sailing ship of the line, which was developed into the steam ship of the line and soon...
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    The Vengeur-class ships of the line were a class of forty 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the two Surveyors...
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    This is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine...
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  • This is a list of Spanish ships of the line (comprising the battlefleet) built or acquired during the period 1640-1854: Those with 94 or more guns were...
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  • This is a list of ships of the line (ironclads, coastal defence ships or battleships) serving either in the Royal Danish Navy or the Royal Dano-Norwegian...
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  • Thumbnail for Tonnant-class ship of the line
    The Tonnant class was a series of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané, whose plans for the prototype were approved on...
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  • Battleships Cruisers Destroyers U-boats Ironclads Ship of the Line and Frigates...
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    list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list starts from 1660, the year...
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  • list of Dutch (the United Provinces of the Netherlands) ships of the line, or sailing warships which formed the Dutch battlefleet. It covers ships built...
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  • The Albion-class ship of the line were a class of five 74-gun third-rate ships of the line, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. Slade based...
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  • The following is a list of ships operated by the Cunard Line. The Cunard fleet, all built for Cunard unless otherwise indicated, consisted of the following...
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    1796 made the British position in the Mediterranean untenable. The combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 38 ships of the line heavily outnumbered the British...
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    threat, in the Atlantic Ocean along the southwest coast of Spain, off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson was outnumbered, with 27 British ships of the line to 33 French...
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  • 2025, it is the sixth largest cruise line by net revenue. It was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises. The line has 15 ships cruising global...
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