1st Rate - Ships with over 90 guns Three-deckers, main fleet flagships
2nd Rate - Ships with over 80 guns Three-deckers
3rd Rate - Ships with over 54 guns Two-deckers, the mainstay of battle fleets
4th Rate - Ships with over 38 guns One-decker frigates
5th Rate - Ships with over 18 guns like corvettes, which could also be rowed
6th Rate - Ships with over 6 guns Small auxiliary and courier vessels for the fleet
Others/None - I stay in the admiralty
Depends... default the US 44-gun, may request to transfer flag as mission needs dictate. DO NOT see myself as part of a Battle Line... best left to stalk prey independently, or sneak up on an SOL and put a Prize Crew aboard before anybody knows what's happening. LOL
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