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Which class of ship is the largest? A man of war? Was there anything larger? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) through 4th class. Frigates were 5th and 6th (The American super-frigates could be argued to be 4th class, I imagine). Everything else was unrated (by the British system, at least). I'm not sure when this rating system began - so earlier (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi, I looked at the subject line and thought someone'd had a bit too much of the grog...*hIc!* (...) There were some real monsters among those first-rates, however. I remember, in particular, the French ship L'Orient, which was *rated* at 120 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh hey, I'll drink to that! Whish way ish the grog? Captain Morgan, I hope. (...) (by (...) so (...) in (...) fact (...) 1798 (...) anything (...) name of (...) more (...) Gun ratings were the golf-handicaps of their day. :-) I remember the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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