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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 357740, member: 4367&quot;]Okay Team,</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coinage which depicts 17th, 18th, 19th century Ships of the Line.&nbsp; These can be from any country, but must be sail powered.&nbsp; If you have a question as to the rating of the the ship, here is a brief explanation with thanks to the writings of Patrick O&#039;Brian.</p><p><br /></p><p>First-rate was the designation used by the British Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line, those mounting 100 guns or more on three gundecks.&nbsp; First-rate vessels carried over 800 crew and displaced in excess of 2,000 tons.&nbsp; Think HMS Victory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second-rate was a ship of the line mounting 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks. They were essentially smaller and hence cheaper versions of the three-decker First rates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third-rate was a ship of the line mounting 64 to 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Fourth-rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frigate:&nbsp; A fifth-rate was a sailing frigate mounting 32 to 44 guns with the main battery on a single deck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sixth-rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 nine-pounder guns on a single deck, sometimes with guns on the upper works and sometimes without.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin depecting a Dutch &quot;4th Rate&quot; Man-O-War on a 1774 (DDO) Six Stuiver, commonly known as a ship shilling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben</p><p><img src="http://www.jabpublish.com/1774.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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