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8.5" x 11" Reischl's Guide to Ships of the Fleet: Bernard Reischl 1989 (Staple) 20 8.5" x 11" Ships of the Star Fleet - Volume Five: Star Fleet Facilities: Chris Wallace 2005 .pdf 60 8.5" x 13" Ships of the Star Fleet - Volume Four: Star Fleet Operating Forces: Chris Wallace 2005 .pdf 47 8.5" x 13" Ships of the Star Fleet - Volume One: Cruiser
A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester.It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain 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 Hornblower and the Crisis).
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 United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. [1] [2] [3]
The class was conceived and began construction during the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War, with the lead ship, Leon Trionfante, laid down on 7 March 1716 and being commissioned on 2 May of the same year. [3] The ship was large for its armament: with a keel length of 43.2 metres (142 ft) it rivalled the British 100-gun first-rate HMS Royal William ...
The Mars-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the large class ships of the line, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow.. The two ships of the Mars class were the first large 74s since the Valiant class of 1759, carrying the heavier armament of 24 pdrs on their upper decks, as opposed to the 18 pdrs of the middling and common classes.
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Ships in class include: Exeter, Europa, Trident, Prudent The Exeter -class ships of the line were a class of four 64-gun third rates , designed for the Royal Navy by William Bateley . Design