Fourth-rate
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In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with two gun decks which mounted between 46 and 60 guns. They served in all conflicts the Royal Navy participated in during
Painting of the fourth-rate HMS Woolwich
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HMS Calcutta (1795)
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HMS Calcutta was a 56-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Blackwall Yard in 1788 as the East Indiaman Warley, and made two trading voyages to the East Indies for th
Fourth-rate
…stations such as the East Indies. Several fourth-rates were created by razeeing larger ships of the line, and occasionally from East Indiamen such as HMS Calcutta. In 1603, all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were categorised as small ships. Between 1625 and 1626, in order to establish…
Calcutta (centre) at the action of 26 September 1805
Calcutta (first from right) at the Battle of the Basque Roads