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====Ship of the line====
====Ship of the line====
[[Image:Trafalgar1.JPG|right|200px|thumb|HMS ''Victory'', currently the only existing example of a ship of the line]]
[[Image:Mon2.JPG|right|200px|thumb|the earliest use of a gun turret, onboard USS ''Monitor'' in 1862]]
The ship of the line was the largest type of sailing warship, mounting a battery of between 80-120 guns on three decks. Slow in comparrison to the smaller frigates, ships of the line were heavily-built to withstand the pounding given by the enemy in battle, while their large number of heavy guns would pound the enemy into submission. Descended in turn from the "great ships" of the early 1600's, the ship of the line was a by-product of a naval manuever known as the "line of battle", in which a single-file line of ships engaged the enemy abrest, with the most powerful and heavily-armed ships in the lead. By 1794 the ship of the line was given the alternate title ''line of battle ship'', hence the origin of the word ''battleship''.
The ship of the line was the largest type of sailing warship, mounting a battery of between 80-120 guns on three decks. Slow in comparrison to the smaller frigates, ships of the line were heavily-built to withstand the pounding given by the enemy in battle, while their large number of heavy guns would pound the enemy into submission. Descended in turn from the "great ships" of the early 1600's, the ship of the line was a by-product of a naval manuever known as the "line of battle", in which a single-file line of ships engaged the enemy abrest, with the most powerful and heavily-armed ships in the lead. By 1794 the ship of the line was given the alternate title ''line of battle ship'', hence the origin of the word ''battleship''.