By the time the line of battle was firmly established as the standard tactical formation during the 1660s, merchant ships and lightly armed warships became less able to sustain their place in a pitched battle. right) HMS Victory (1765); 100+ guns; 820 officers Constitution preparing to battle Guerriere, & ⦠11 October, 1797, Batavian defeat at the Battle of Camperdown at the hands of the British navy. May 31, 2014 - Explore ron castle's board "battle ships of the line/Royal Navy", followed by 120 people on Pinterest. 1778 with a fleet of 12 ships of the line and five frigates to supplement the Continental Navyâs efforts to attack the British fleet on the North AUVfest 2008 ... bers when in battle, and additional crew were needed to sail the vessel. In the great naval wars of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th cent., ships of the line were the largest naval units employed. The An 110-gun ship of the line, she reflected the escalating quest for massive firepower among the navies taking part in the war. Looking back on the age of fighting sail, a common image is that of battles between huge ships of the line, led by such famous admirals as Nelson and Collingwood. âship-rigged vessel of warâ is a SHIP-OF-THE-LINE because it has two or more covered gun decks â HMS Victory is therefore a SHIP-OF-THE-LINE by class (illus. Consequently, in most situations, a battle cruiser will win a one-on-one sea battle against a ship-of-the-line due to its superior range. Ships of the line are classified by ratings. 1809: In The Mauritius Campaign Jack temporarily gives up command of the Boadicea during the early phases of the campaign in order to transfer aboard an elderly 64-gun ship-of-the-line, HMS Raisonable, but once the hurricane season nears he resumes his place on the frigate for the remainder of the campaign. She was also one of the largest ships during the wars. Just one first-rate ship of the line had 120-140 guns, most of which were 18 pounders or above." A first-rate ship of the line carrying 100 or more guns would need a crew of more than 800. The term ship of the line comes from the naval strategy of forming a line of ships. Launched in 1795 at Chatham Dockyard, the Ville de Paris was the only ship of her particular design to be built. a ship-of-the-line has more firepower than a battle cruiser, but the weapons of a battle cruiser possess a longer range and are more accurate. The Santísima Trinidad (officially named Santísima Trinidad by Royal Order on 12 March 1768, nicknamed La Real and sometimes confused with the Manila galleon Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin) was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line of 112 guns, which was increased in 1795â96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the ⦠The HMS Victory, a British first rate ship of the line and the only ship of the line still surviving today. 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