pirate ship

[El Bucanero]

I believe, the "line" is a fleet of ships used in big battles, I'll check my book and post more tommorow, I'm now going to bed...

[Norrington]

yes, it mean line of battle i.e. a ships that line up to fire on the enemy in one devastating volley.

[Mister Phes]

To quote the Wikipedia article I posted earlier:

In the age of sail, after the development of the line of battle tactic in the mid 17th century, and up to the mid 19th century, a ship of the line was a warship powerful enough to take a place in the battle line. Another term, line of battle ship, was shortened to become "battleship", but this is a later usage and is not appropriate for the age of sail.

[El Bucanero]

From my book: '(blablabla) later, Frigates served as the first ships of the line.'

[Mister Phes]

Could you provide a better citation than "blablabla" Mr Tiber?

[El Bucanero]

Could you provide a better citation than "blablabla" Mr Tiber?

I don't think that's so important but okay....

' The frigate was of origin a small and fast ship that was used by the privateers from Dunkirk. The English imitated it at ca. 1640 during the civil War and later on, larger versions of the frigates served as the first ships of the line.'

[Mister Phes]

Citations are very important, however I meant a reference citation (I.e. the name of the book, page number, author, etc.) not citing the remaining paragraph.

[El Bucanero]

Citations are very important, however I meant a reference citation (I.e. the name of the book, page number, author, etc.) not citing the remaining paragraph.

I didn't know that's also called citation...Well, nevermind..

Do you have the book called ''SHIP'' Mr Phes? for those who do have the book, the page number is 137, and it stands under ''Galley Frigates'' I asume...