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207:Upper gundeck: 30 Ă— 18-pounders
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509:"No. 16654"
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104:Honours and
21:HMS Achille
699:1798 ships
683:Categories
446:References
239:Royal Navy
232:third-rate
128:Sold, 1865
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451:Citations
432:Argonauta
396:Sheerness
332:Argonauta
323:Argonauta
243:Gravesend
186:Sail plan
88:Laid down
628:Achilles
468:Lavery,
428:Montanes
416:Achilles
376:Cerberus
317:Montanes
297:Colossus
261:Achilles
201:74 guns:
196:Armament
96:Launched
653:America
494:Adkin,
485:, p.333
481:Adkin,
436:Berwick
392:Chatham
388:Achille
371:Achille
364:Achille
360:Achille
356:Berwick
352:Achille
347:Berwick
341:Achille
336:Achille
328:British
312:Spanish
308:Achille
303:Revenge
284:Achille
272:Achille
267:style.
263:in the
237:of the
224:Achille
80:Builder
72:Ordered
66:Achille
40:History
621:Superb
607:Pompée
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247:French
229:74-gun
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162:Length
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106:awards
655:class
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402:Notes
259:hero
257:Greek
249:ship
157:1,981
644:Ajax
564:ISBN
556:2011
543:ISBN
383:Fate
373:and
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