Front matter (continued 2)
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FINIS
Number and Nature of Ordnance for each of the Ships in the British Navy
Rates Number of guns Number of guns of each nature Carronades
42 32 24 18 12 9 6 32 24 18 12
1st — 100 28 - 28 - 30 - 18 2 6 - -
2d — 98 - 28 - 30 40 - - 2 - 6 -
3d 80 - 26 - 26 - 24 1 -
74 - 28 - 28 - 18 - 2 - 6 -
70 - 28 - 28 - 14 - -
64 - - 26 26 - 12 - - 2 6 -
4th 60 - - 24 - 26 - 10 - - - -
50 - - 22 - 22 - 6 - 6 - 6
5th 44 - - - 20 22 - 6 - - 8 -
36 - - - 26 2 8 - 8 - - -
32 - - - - 26 - 6 - 6 - -
6th 28 - - 8 - - 24 4 - 6 - -
24 - - - - - 22 2 - 2 6 -
20 - - - - - 20 - - - - 8
Sloops 18 - - - - - - 18 - - - 8
For "Notes on Vessels of War of the United States" see pages 6 and 7.
Dimensions of Ships, Number of Men, and Draught of Water
Number of Guns Length on the Gun-deck Extreme Breadth Compliment of Depth of water required for each
Sailors Marines
Ft. In. Ft. In. Num. Officers Feet
110 190 0 53 0 875 1 Cap. 3 Subs. 24
100 186 0 52 0 875 Do. 24
98 180 0 50 0 750 Do. 23
90 177 6 49 0 750 Do. 23
80 182 0 49 6 650 Do. 18
74 182 0 48 7 650 Do. 18
74 169 0 46 11 650 Do. 18
64 160 0 44 6 650 1 Cap. 2 Subs. 18
50 146 0 40 6 420 2 Lieutenants. 16
44 140 9 38 8 300 1 Subaltern. 16
38 144 0 39 0 300 Do. 16
36 142 0 38 0 300 Do. 16
32 126 0 35 4 300 Do. 15
28 120 0 33 6 200 Do. 15
24 114 7 32 3 200 Do. 15
20 108 0 30 0 200 Do. 15
18 110 0 29 6 125 Sergeant. 13
16 106 0 28 0 125 Do. 13
N. B. The usual Complement of Marines is one for every gun in the ship For "Notes on Vessels of War of the United States" see pages 6 and 7.
Transcriber's Note
The Plates were moved to the start of the section describing them.
Hyphenation was standardized.
The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.
The original had two page numbers shown: one in the upper left or right corner and another in the middle of the bottom of each text page. The upper page numbering was retained here.
The book cover image was created by the transcriber using an image made available by Internet Archive and is placed in the Public Domain.