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Career (France)
Launched: 1799
General characteristics
Propulsion: sail
Armament: Upper deck: -pounder guns
Middle deck: -pounder guns
Lower deck: -pounder guns
Quarterdeck and Forecastle:
pounder guns, -pounder carronades
Armour: Wood

Dix-Huit Fructidor was a -rate -gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Forecastle, also spelled fo'c's'le (ˈfoʊksəl originally meant the upper deck of a Sailing ship, forward of the Foremast. The carronade was a short Smoothbore, Cast iron Cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an Ironworks A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm


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