HMS Victory in 1884 rename

• Frigate

  

  A frigate (pronounced /ˈfrɪɡɨt/) is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries. In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often...

• Ship of the line

• Third-rate

• First-rate

• Fourth-rate

• Sloop-of-war

  

  In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a small sailing warship (also known as one of the escort types) with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen cannons. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20...

• Second-rate

• Fifth-rate

  

  In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail, a fifth-rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower. The rating system in the British (originally English) Royal Navy...

• Sixth-rate

• Tumblehome

• Rating system of the Royal Navy

  

  The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by that navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned...

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