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  2. A Ship of the Line - Wikipedia

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    A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester.It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain of a ship of the line.By internal chronology, A Ship of the Line, which follows The Happy Return, is the seventh book in the series (counting the unfinished Hornblower and the Crisis).

  3. Ship of the line - Wikipedia

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    A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides.

  4. List of ships of the line of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. [1] [2] [3]

  5. USS Independence (1814) - Wikipedia

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    USS Independence was a wooden-hulled, three-masted ship, originally a ship of the line and the first to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Originally a 90-gun ship, in 1836 she was cut down by one deck and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate.

  6. Seventy-four (ship) - Wikipedia

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    The "seventy-four" was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns.It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently developed 64-gun ships.

  7. USS Vermont (1848) - Wikipedia

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    USS Vermont in 1898. Vermont was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by United States Congress on 29 April 1816. [1] She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1818, finished about 1825, and kept on the stocks until finally launched on 15 September 1848 in the interest of both space and fire safety considerations.

  8. List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    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 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.

  9. Gastrointestinal Outbreak Sickens 90 on Royal Caribbean's ...

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    The ship was carrying 2,164 passengers and 910 crew members, the CDC added. Alamy. The 'Serenade of the Seas,' which is also operated operated by Royal Caribbean International cruise line.