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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.
19th-century naval ships (6 C, 2 P) V. Victorian-era ships (6 C, 4 P) Pages in category "19th-century ships" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9; Parkes, Oscar British Battleships, first published Seeley, Service & Co., 1957, published United States Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-075-4
Promotion and advancement within the 18th and 19th century Royal Navy varied depending on the status of the sailor in question. At the lower levels, most inexperienced sailors began in the rank of landsman – those joining ships at a very young age were typically entered in the navy as cabin boys or officers' servants. [citation needed]
The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Seaforth Publishing, 2007).
There are two lists of Royal Navy ships: ... Bibliography of 18th–19th century Royal Naval history; List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981;
The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
A 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured by British at Battle of Trafalgar. two days later, a squadron under the command of Commodore Cosmao-Kerjulien recaptured her and took her back to Cadiz. [53] Neptuno | Spanish Navy | 21 October 1805 An 80-gun Montañes-class ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured at ...