HMS Calcutta (1831)
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HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 at Bombay. She was the only ship ever built t
The hulks of HMS Calcutta (left) and HMS Cambridge (right) off Plymouth, c. 1890
The Gallery of H.M.S. 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), moored at Portsmouth about 1876, painted by Tissot
Calcutta at the capture of the Bocca Tigris forts in 1856
Second-rate
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In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlie
HMS Calcutta (1831)
…HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 at Bombay. She was the only ship…
1780 illustration of a Portuguese Navy second-rate
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The second-rate HMS Prince of Wales