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
1780 illustration of a Portuguese Navy second-rate
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The second-rate HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales (1794)
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HMS Prince of Wales was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1794 at Portsmouth.
Second-rate
…The second-rate HMS Prince of Wales 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…
Prince of Wales (centre) at the Battle of Cape Finisterre
The launching of Prince of Wales