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Ships of the line

Scope note

Use for ship-rigged warships of the 17th through early 19th century, carrying many heavy cannon and intended to fight in a line-of-battle formation; in the Royal Navy, ships of the line were those warships carrying more than a minimum number of guns, rising from 30 in the 1650s to 80 in the 1840s.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000233561

Term used for

walls, wooden
wooden walls

Equivalent Terms used

ship of the line

Created

13yrs ago

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