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A 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 designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides.
This is a 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 in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Ship of the line: Length: 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck) ... The Duke-class ships of the line were a class ...
View of Rochefort harbour, by Joseph Vernet, showing a 74-gun and a 64-gun moored side by side.. The 64-gun ship of the line was a type of two-decker warship defined during the 18th century, named after the number of their guns. 64-guns had a lower battery of 24-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders.
The Lys-class ships of the line were a series of three 64-gun third-rate ships of the line, designed for the French Navy by Jacques-Luc Coulomb. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ships
San Carlo Borromeo-class ship of the line; San Lorenzo Zustinian-class ship of the line; Sandwich-class ship of the line; Seventy-four (ship) St Albans-class ship of the line; Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line; Swiftsure-class ship of the line
Almost all the ships of this class were planned and started before 1739, completed to a 70%, then stored in the roofed shipbuilding docks of the Arsenal of Venice to be finished and launched when the Venetian Navy need them, a solution the British Royal Navy adopted only in 1810, when the docks at Chatham were covered.