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But wouldn't that be correct? ...

I don't know anything about Spanish 1st rates.

So if you say the the Ocean class was the biggest player on the waves I believe you.




So what kind of Spanish 1st rate do we have here?

Like said before, it's not the Santissima Trinidad.

This one is much shorter.

[Torrence]

So what kind of Spanish 1st rate do we have here?

Like said before, it's not the Santissima Trinidad.

This one is much shorter.

The Santissima Trinidad was built from one of these, so she wasn't much longer either. Both were significantly shorter than HMS Victory.

Although the Trinidad had more guns and a higher tonnage than most 1st rates of that time, her overall length was just about 61m, so shorter than HMS Victory (69m) and even the Frigate USS Constitution (62m).
In modern depictions she often looks much bigger (examples: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps40bada89.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sVt4Psg.gif), especially when compared to older ones: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...a_Trinidad.jpg