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In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at least 400 men, the size and establishment of first-rates evolved over the following 250 years to eventually ...
A 1728 diagram illustrating a first- and a third-rate ship. The rating system of the Royal Navy and its predecessors was used by the Royal Navy between the beginning of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships, initially classing them according to their assigned complement of men, and later according to the number of their carriage-mounted guns.
The page on the HMS Royal Charles indicates it was a first-rate ship, but had 80 guns. The indication on this page, that a first-rate ship needs to have at least 100 guns is therefore incorrect. Or the number on the page of the HMS Royal Charles is incorrect, but since that is a more specific number, I'm assuming that one is correct.
At the conclusion of its first rate-setting policy meeting of the year, on January 29, 2025, the Federal Reserve announced it was leaving the federal funds target interest rate at 4.25% to 4.50% ...
Signs of cooling inflation paved the way for September’s first rate cut in four years, with economic data indicating a continued decline from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to rates that have ...
Signs of cooling inflation paved the way for September’s first rate cut in four years, with economic data indicating a continued decline from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to rates that have ...
When the rating system was first established in the 1620s, the third rate was defined as those ships having at least 200 but not more than 300 men; previous to this, the type had been classified as "middling ships".
Average mortgage rates open the week with continued declines as of Monday, January 27, 2025, a day before the Federal Reserve is set to begin its first rate-setting panel session of the new year ...