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two-decker
ˈtwo-ˌdecker [f. two + deck n.1 + -er1: see decker2.] 1. A two-decked ship or boat; formerly spec. a line-of-battle ship carrying guns on two decks.1790 Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 140 We could perceive the ships to be French, the largest being a two-decker. 1833 Marryat P. Simple xiii, I was in th...
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Two-decker
A two-decker is a sail warship which carried her guns on two fully armed decks.
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Double decker
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Car carrier trailer or auto carrier, a road trailer for transporting cars or other road vehicles
Two-decker
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decker
▪ I. decker1 (ˈdɛkə(r)) [f. deck v. + -er1.] One who decks or adorns.1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. viii. 167 The Yndians are..greate deckers and trimmers of them selues. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Afeytador, a barber, a trimmer, a decker. 1803 Pic Nic No. 2 (1806) I. 53, I am but a sort of tabl...
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James Robbins (shipbuilder)
In the shipyard on Hovedøya, in the Oslo Fiord, he successively built the naval ships Hannibal, a two-decker with 60 gun ports, launched in 1647; Sophia Amalia, a three-decker with 100 gun ports, launched in 1650; and Prins Christian, a two-decker with 91 gun ports, launched in the same year.
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French ship Roi-de-Rome (1816)
A model of a 80-gun two-decker named Roi de Rome (CnAM 4024) is on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris; the ship is fictitious and bears
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French ship Junon (1747)
The Junon was a 40-gun two-decker ship-frigate of the French Navy
Design
Junon was designed by engineer Chaillé, in an attempt to design a ship combining Forte, systemised by the Americans with the heavy Original six frigates of the United States Navy, and perfected in the 19th century with the French two-decker
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French ship Soleil-Royal (1749)
She was the first 80-gun two-decker to use the 24-pounder long gun on her second battery, giving her considerable firepower for the time and allowing her
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HMS Serapis
was a 44-gun two-decker fifth rate launched in 1779 and captured later that year by the American John Paul Jones.
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HMS Isis (1819)
HMS Isis launched in 1819 was ordered in 1811 as a 50-gun two-decker of the fourth rate Salisbury class, but was redesigned while building, being lengthened
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French ship Saint Louis
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Saint Louis:
, 64-gun second rank two-decker ship of the line
, 90-gun Suffren class ship of the
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HMS Warspite (1758)
HMS Warspite was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line (a new class of two-decker that formed the backbone of British fleets) of the Royal Navy, launched
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HMS Renown (1774)
HMS Renown was a small two-decker 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Diomede
A fifth was planned but never completed:
was a 44-gun fourth-rate two-decker launched in 1781 and wrecked in 1795.
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HMS Actaeon
was a 44-gun fifth-rate two-decker launched in 1778, on harbour service from 1795 and sold in 1802.
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