first-rate

In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first-rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at least 400 men, the size and establishment of first-rates evolved over the following 250 years to eventually denote ships of the line carrying at least 80 guns across three gundecks. By the end of the eighteenth century, a first-rate carried no fewer than 100 guns and more than 850 crew, and had a measurement (burthen) tonnage of some 2,000 tons.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	watercraft		Leipzig-class ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1745	1745 Establishment Group	fourth-rate, fifth-rate frigate, third-rate, first-rate, sixth-rate frigate, second-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1784	Santa Ana-class first-rate ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1808	Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1814	Nelson-class first-rate ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1814	Wolfe-class ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1825	Princess Charlotte-class first-rate ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1852	Duke of Wellington-class first-rate ship of the line	first-rate	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1855	Conqueror-class steam screw first-rate ship of the line	steamship, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS St Jean d'Acre	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Ville de Paris	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Rossiya	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1637	HMS Sovereign of the Seas	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1655	HMS Royal Charles	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1664	HMS Royal Oak	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1668	HMS Charles	1719 Establishment Group, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1670	HMS London	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1670	HMS Prince	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1670	HMS St Andrew	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1671	HMS Royal James	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1673	HMS Royal Charles	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1675	HMS Royal James	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1682	HMS Britannia	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1691	Formidable	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1701	HMS Royal Sovereign	first-rate, 1719 Establishment Group	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1762	HMS Britannia	1745 Establishment Group, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1783	HMS San Josef	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1785	Santa Ana	Santa Ana-class first-rate ship of the line, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1786	HMS Royal Sovereign	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1787	HMS Salvador del Mundo	first-rate, Santa Ana-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1788	HMS Royal George	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1790	HMS Queen Charlotte	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1791	Orient	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1804	HMS Hibernia	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1808	HMS Caledonia	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1810	HMS Queen Charlotte	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1814	HMS Nelson	first-rate, Nelson-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1815	HMS Howe	first-rate, Nelson-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1815	HMS St Vincent	first-rate, Nelson-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1820	HMS Britannia	Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line, first-rate, hospital ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1823	HMS Prince Regent	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1825	HMS Princess Charlotte	first-rate, Princess Charlotte-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1827	HMS Royal George	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1828	HMS Royal Adelaide	first-rate, Princess Charlotte-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1832	HMS Neptune	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1833	HMS Royal William	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1833	HMS Waterloo	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1839	HMS Queen	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1840	HMS St George	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1841	HMS Trafalgar	first-rate, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1852	HMS Duke of Wellington	Duke of Wellington-class first-rate ship of the line, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1857	HMS Royal Sovereign	Duke of Wellington-class first-rate ship of the line, first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1858	HMS Donegal	first-rate, Conqueror-class steam screw first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1858	HMS Windsor Castle	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1859	HMS Victoria	first-rate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1860	HMS Howe	first-rate	Wikidata
site	museum	1778	HMS Victory	preserved watercraft, first-rate, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1737	HMS Victory	1719 Establishment Group, first-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1756	HMS Royal George	1745 Establishment Group, first-rate, marine salvage, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1814	HMS St Lawrence	first-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1855	HMS Conqueror	steamship, first-rate, shipwreck, Conqueror-class steam screw first-rate ship of the line	Wikidata