sixth-rates

A form of sixth-rate — Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of sixth-rate
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