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A First-rate man of war, such as the HMS ''Victory'' was armed with 100 or more guns (as many as 120). The 90-gun HMS ''Coronation'' was a Second-rate man of war. A Seventy-four , a common ship carrying 74 guns, was a Third-rate man of war. A Sixth-rate man of war carried only 20 guns. First and second-rate men of war had three gun decks. It took over 2,000 oak and elm trees to build a second-rate man of war.


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