-
contraction of the
phrase "
ship of the
line of battle" or, more colloquially, "battleship
of the
line". The term "
ship of the
line" fell into
disuse except...
- The
line of battle or the
battle line is a
tactic in
naval warfare in
which a
fleet of ships (known as
ships of the
line)
forms a
line end to end. The...
- This is a list
of ships of the
line of the
Royal Navy
of England, and
later (from 1707)
of Great Britain, and the
United Kingdom. The list
starts from...
- Duke
of Kent was a
proposed 170-gun
line of battle ship allegedly designed by ****ure
Surveyor of the Navy
Joseph Tucker in 1809. Such a vessel, if built...
- term '
line of battle ship' was
contracted to '
battle ship' or 'battleship'. The
sheer number of guns
fired broadside meant a
ship of the
line could wreck...
- his
capture of two
Spanish ships of the
line at the
Battle of Cape St.
Vincent in
February 1797. In July 1797, he lost an arm at the
Battle of Santa Cruz...
- HMS
Prince of Wales was one
of six 121-gun ****-propelled first-rate three-decker
line-
of-
battle ships of the
Royal Navy. She was
launched on 25 January...
- the
southwest coast of Spain, off Cape Trafalgar.
Nelson was outnumbered, with 27 British
ships of the
line to 33 Franco-Spanish
ships,
including the largest...
- was a 74-gun third-rate
ship of the
line of the
Royal Navy. She was
originally the
French Navy's Téméraire-class
ship of the
line Duguay-Trouin, launched...
- The
Battle of Zealand Point was
fought off
Zealand on 22
March 1808
during the
Gunboat War.
Three ships of the
line and one
frigate of the
Royal Navy intercepted...
