Alternative spelling of fourth-rate

Alternative spelling of fourth-rate

plural of sixth rate

plural of fifth-rate

plural of third rate

plural of fourth-rate

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 32–44 guns across one or two gun decks, a complement of 200–300, and weighing 700–1,450 tons burthen.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) A fifth-rate warship.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) A fourth-rate ship of the line.