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rating system of the
Royal Navy used to
categorise sailing warships, a
first rate was the
designation for the
largest ships of the line.
Originating in...
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officer would earn, in an
ordered scheme of six
rates, from "
first-
rate" to "sixth-
rate", with each
rate divided into two classes, with
differing numbers...
- Look up
rate,
rates, or
rating in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rate or
rates may
refer to:
Rates (tax), a type of
taxation system in the
United Kingdom...
- In chemistry, the
rate equation (also
known as the
rate law or
empirical differential rate equation) is an
empirical differential mathematical expression...
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versions of the three-decker
first rates. Like the
first rates, they
fought in the line of battle, but
unlike the
first rates,
which were
considered too...
- period—specifically the
first-
rate Prince Royal (in 1663), the second-
rate Victory (in 1666), the third-
rate Montague (in 1675) and the fourth-
rates Bonaventure (in...
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Royal Navy
classified men-of-war into six "
rates", a "
first-
rate"
having the
greatest armament, and a "sixth-
rate" the least. The man-of-war was developed...
- and the
overall rate is just the
rate of the
first step. Also, the
rate equations for
mechanisms with a
single rate-determining step are
usually in a...
- HMS
Victory is a 104-gun
first-
rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy. She was
ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and
launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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third rate ships embodied the best
compromise between sailing ability (speed, handling), firepower, and cost. So,
while first-
rates and second-
rates were...