-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish:
Slaget på Reden,
meaning "the
battle of the
roadstead [
of Copenhagen Harbour]"), also
known as the
First Battle...
- 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...
-
wooden line-
of-
battle ship launched for the
Royal Navy. She
never saw
service as a
wooden line-
of-
battle ship. In 1884 she
became a
school ship. Defiance...
- 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...
