1st and or 2nd rates (90 + gun ships, 3 deckers)
3rd rates (64 to 80 gun ships, 2 deckers)
4-6th rates (roughly 30 to 60 ships, 4th rates were 2 deckers, 5th and 6th rates had 1 deck)
'Unrated' (includes most naval/privateer vessels with <= 24 guns)
I have always liked frigates. Ships of the line, while great are to my mind slow and ponderous. If I had lived in the era I would have had to think long and hard before accepting a ship of the line even though I know it would have at the time been considered the logical step. That freedom dictated by a frigate would be hard to leave.
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