line-of-battle ship
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Ajax No. 2, an 80-gun line-of-battle ship built at Rotherhithe in 1798, took part in the British investiture of Alexandria in 1801, but did little sea-fighting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her stem was rounded out in a big arch, and she had quarter galleries like a line-of-battle ship.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
There might be little time to spare, indeed, if a British line-of-battle ship and three frigates were in the offing, drawing on toward cannon range of them.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
A huge old line-of-battle ship, called the Aboukir, was then the guard-ship, and lay moored opposite the dockyard at Port Royal, several miles from Kingston.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
The largest line-of-battle ship then built was the Hibernia, of 110 guns.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
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