fifth-rates

A form of fifth-rate — Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 32–44 guns across one or two gun decks, a complement of 200–300, and weighing 700–1,450 tons burthen.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fifth-rate
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Chicago

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