second-rates

Compared with four first-and second-rates in the eastern Pacific and two in the Asiatic Squadron, the North Atlantic had ten; and, since these included five of the six battleships and both armored cruisers, the disproportion in fighting strength was far greater than the mere number of ships suggests.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

Compared with four first-and second-rates in the eastern Pacific and two in the Asiatic Squadron, the North Atlantic had ten; and, since these included five of the six battleships and both armored cruisers, the disproportion in fighting strength was far greater than the mere number of ships suggests.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

First-rates include all those carrying 100 guns and upwards, with a company of 850 men and upwards; second-rates mount 90 to 100 guns, and so on, down to the sixth-rates; but some ships of less than 44 guns are termed frigates.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

The largest are termed ships of the line, from their forming the line of battle when acting together in fleets; and are divided into first-rates, second-rates, third-rates, &c.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

As an encouragement for seamen to enter into the navy, a bounty was given to all who entered on board first and second-rates of six weeks 'pay, and on board of third-rates one month's pay.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Of second-rates there were four 98-gun ships in commission, and eleven under repair; of 90-gun ships there was one under repair.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

In 1675 the Parliament granted 300,000 pounds for the building of twenty large ships of war, one first-rate of 1400 tons, eight second-rates of 1100 tons, and eleven third-rates of 700 tons.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Of these there were twenty-three classes comprised within the second-rates, exclusive of two unrated classes -- namely, hulks and shallops or row-barges.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Casby, and other surroundings of poor Flora, there was fun enough to float an argosy of second-rates, assuming such to have formed the staple of the tale.

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

If you follow our example, you will increase your second-rates, and extinguish your first-rates; and what is perhaps a more important result, whether you consider it a good or an evil, you will make a large stride in the direction in which you have lately made so many -- the removing the government and the administration of England from the hands of the higher classes into those of the middle and lower ones. '

Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832