rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted...
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Rating system of the Royal Navy (redirect from Rate of a ship)
officer would earn, in an ordered scheme of six rates, from "first-rate" to "sixth-rate", with each rate divided into two classes, with differing numbers...
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characteristics, even to a third-rate or fourth-rate ship of the line. In this list, the term is restricted to fifth rates and sixth rates which did not form part...
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This is a list of Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The English...
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phased out. Fifth-rate and sixth-rate ships were frigates usually maneuvering independently of the line of battle. Early first rates had as few as 60 guns...
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HMS Enterprise (sometimes spelled Enterprize) was a 24-gun sixth-rate (named Enterprise or L'Entreprenante) of the French Navy captured by HMS Triton (also...
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Royal Navy classified men-of-war into six "rates", a "first-rate" having the greatest armament, and a "sixth-rate" the least. The man-of-war was developed...
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of fourth, fifth, and sixth rates. While a fourth-rate ship was defined as a ship of the line, fifth and the smaller sixth-rate ships were never included...
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pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced. These small ships were divided into three tiers: fourth-, fifth- and sixth-rates...
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HMS Lee was a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1814 by Josiah and Thomas Brindley, nephews to Lord Nelson, at one of...
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24-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1745 and burned on 28 April 1758 to avoid capture by the French. HMS Triton (1773) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate...
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The first HMS Mersey was a Conway-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship, launched in 1814; she was re-rated as 26 guns in 1817. She was launched too late to...
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West Indies. She was reduced to a 20-gun sixth rate in 1717 then rebuilt as a 1719 Establishment sixth rate in 1724. Her breaking was finally completed...
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Indies. She was reduced to a 20-gun sixth rate in 1717 then rebuilt as a Modified 1719 Establishment sixth rate in 1731. She was sold in 1744. Sheerness...
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fifth rate launched in 1674, converted into a fireship in 1689 and sold in 1698. HMS Rose (1684) (also known as Sally Rose) was a 16-gun sixth rate, formerly...
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mythology, whilst another was planned: HMS Medea (1744) was a 26-gun sixth rate, originally the French Medee. She was captured by HMS Dreadnought in 1744...
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second-rate ship of the line launched in 1680, renamed Union in 1709, rebuilt in 1726 and broken up in 1749. HMS Albemarle (1779) was a 28-gun sixth-rate, previously...
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rerated several times from a fireship to a 24-gun fifth rate then reduced to a 20-gun sixth rate and finally a bomb ketch. She was at the Battle of Barfleur...
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HMS Seahorse (1694) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1704. HMS Seahorse (1709) was a 14-gun sixth rate launched in 1709 and wrecked...
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was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694. She was wrecked in 1709 on Boston Rock, Lyme Regis. HMS Solebay (1711) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1711...
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30-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer Bellone. She was captured in 1747, and sold in 1749. HMS Bellona (1760) was a 74-gun third rate, launched...
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after the River Tyne, England: HMS Tyne (1814) was a 28-gun Conway-class sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1825. She made one notable capture of a pirate...
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overseas territory of Gibraltar. The first HMS Gibraltar (1711) was a 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt in 1727, and sold in 1748. It was the first command...
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was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1719, in Spanish hands in April 1722, and broken up 1741 HMS Greyhound (1741) was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from...
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fifth rate launched in 1694. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1720, and was sold in 1744. HMS Shoreham (1744) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched...
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24-gun sixth rate HMS Rose (1757), a 20-gun sixth rate HMS Rose (replica ship) or HMS Surprise, a 1970 replica HMS Rose (1783), a 28-gun sixth rate HM hired...
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Perseus, after the Greek hero Perseus: HMS Perseus (1776) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776; she was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to be sheathed...
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Dockyard in 1718, and was sold on 11 July 1771. HMS Queenborough (1694), a sixth rate of 24 guns, launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694. She was rebuilt at...
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the Scottish city of Glasgow: The first HMS Glasgow (1707) was a 20-gun sixth rate, previously the Scottish ship Royal Mary. She was transferred to the Royal...
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rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate to the 1719 Establishment in 1719/21. She served in the Baltic as a bomb vessel then reverted to a sixth rate. She participated...
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