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Meanings of ships of the line in English

Russian
парусный линейный корабль
Portuguese
navios de linha
Spanish
navío de linea
Catalan
navili de línia

Type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century.

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        парусный линейный корабль
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        Examples for "ship of the line"
        Examples for "ship of the line"
        1
        The Hopeful was more city space station than ship of the line.
        Ghosts of Onyx
        2
        She was the first ship of the line Bolitho had ever commanded.
        Honour This Day
        3
        Not an easy thing in an overcrowded ship of the line.
        Colors Aloft!
        4
        Yovell was saying, We function here not unlike a ship of the line.
        Heart of oak
        5
        In its present state, Goree could not resist a ship of the line.
        Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 / Undertaken by Order o...
        Usage of ships of the line in English
        1
        They have already twenty ships of the line in the Gulf of Mexico.
        Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
        2
        Just think of it, Velo; three ships of the line, and a flyer.
        Shelled by an Unseen Foe
        3
        The ships were all ships of the line, heavily armed two-and three-decked warships.
        Jonathan strange and mr norrell
        4
        The other ships of the line, looking only to Nelson, continued the action.
        The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson
        5
        Eight ships of the line, a frigate and a small sloop-of-war.
        Honour This Day
        6
        Ten ships of the line, sire, with a full complement of auxiliary vessels.
        Foundation and Empire
        7
        In 1803 we had four ships of the line in the West Indian area.
        Sea-Power and Other Studies
        8
        A game for admirals and great ships of the line.
        Colors Aloft!
        9
        The French authorities give their line of battle as twenty-two ships of the line.
        The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Indepe...
        10
        The English fleet consisted of forty-five ships of the line, and eighteen smaller vessels.
        John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
        11
        But there were twenty transports and thirty-four frigates and eleven ships of the line.
        A Little Girl in Old Boston
        12
        Sweden and Denmark are arming from eight to twelve ships of the line each.
        Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
        13
        Like two old ships of the line slugging it out at point blank range.
        The Science of Battlestar Galactica
        14
        The French flag was flying on board four ships of the line and two frigates.
        The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, V...
        15
        Sixty ships of the line, crowded by the best soldiers of Europe, rounded the point.
        Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
        16
        Over the slate roof tall clouds, like ships of the line, pass along the sky.
        Men, Women and Ghosts