- with two full-length
gundecks, and was
built when the
theoretical principles of
shipbuilding were
still poorly understood. Two
gundecks was a much more complicated...
-
eventually denote ships of the line
carrying at
least 80 guns
across three gundecks. By the end of the
eighteenth century, a first-rate
carried no
fewer than...
- Navy
falsifying reports,
records and the like is
often referred to as '
gundecking.' Cutler,
Deborah W. and
Thomas J.
Cutler (2005).
Dictionary of Naval...
- on two
decks as she had done originally, she now
carried them on
three gundecks,
though she
continued to be
rated a
third rate. She
gained her
first battle...
- (plus 4
small guns on the ****),
effectively creating a
continuous fourth gundeck,
although the
extra guns
added were
relatively small. She was the most...
- they were
retracted inside the ships, many
smaller vessels had
exposed gundecks which required a plug to
protect inside of the barrels. To
combat rust...
- 'frigate' (or 'fragata' in Spanish) encomp****ed
ships with two
complete gundecks rated at
about 50 guns as well as
smaller single-decked vessels. The smaller...
- lose performance. Bow
chasers could be
regular guns
brought up from the
gundeck and
aimed through specially cut-out
ports on
either side of the bowsprit...
- ship of the line of 100 guns in
wartime (92 in peacetime) with
flatter gundecks and
renamed Royal Sovereign prior to her re-launch; most of the carvings...
- She
carried her
complement of smooth-bore, muzzle-loading guns on two
gundecks. Her
complement was 720 men (38 officers, 69
petty officers, 403 seamen...
