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in the Royal Navy a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns; the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term sloop-of-war encompassed all unrated combat vessels (18th century and most of the 19th)
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in the Royal Navy a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns; the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term sloop-of-war encompassed all unrated combat vessels (18th century and most of the 19th) |
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