London: Black & Parry, 1801. Notes: A splendid aquatint of a Dutch Second Rate. A second rate was a ship of the line that was originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that they were of inferior quality. They were essentially.....
London: Black & Parry, 1801. Notes: A splendid aquatint of a mid seventeenth century English Second Rate. In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line that was originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that.....
London: Black & Parry, 1801. Notes: A splendid aquatint of a mid seventeenth century French Second Rate. A second rate was a ship of the line that was originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that they were of inferior quality.....
London: Black & Parry, 1800. Notes: A splendid aquatint of the Royal Prince. HMS Prince (sometimes also referred to as Royal Prince) was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett the Younger at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1670. , Image.....
London: Black & Parry, 1801. Notes: A splendid aquatint of a Spanish Second Rate. A second rate was a ship of the line that was originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that they were of inferior quality. They were essentially.....