1592954257000 1312632483000 term-96991 1616541401514 1312632597000 1616290298865 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-96991 a991ec9b-0acc-325f-abda-76bac74ed2a6 2 1 scope note Use for ship-rigged warships of the 17th through early 19th century, carrying many heavy cannon and intended to fight in a line-of-battle formation; in the Royal Navy, ships of the line were those warships carrying more than a minimum number of guns, rising from 30 in the 1650s to 80 in the 1840s. reference term-96990 adlib-term-96990 8c3f5ac1-fdfc-37ba-9efd-1fc77e0aed09 ship of the line V.TX.AFU.AFU.AXC.ARI.ALO.BOK.ALO.BIQ.CFS 1 code V.TX.AFU.AFU.AXC.ARI.ALO.BOK.ALO.BIQ.CFS 1 ships of the line reference term-96997 adlib-term-96997 85b54a02-1c57-3f7d-aa28-4a933a4dc885 <warships carrying projectile weapons> ships of the line term