fifty-gun

The actual force of the Algerines is but two fifty-gun ships, five of about forty, and four of thirty guns; the rest are not worth mentioning.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

The cutter had mistaken the Bonhomme Richard for a British fifty-gun ship, the Romney.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

The cutter had mistaken the Bonhomme Richard for a British fifty-gun ship, the Romney.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Many of these trees are so large, that they would be able to furnish mainmasts for fifty-gun ships.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Many of these trees are so large, that they would be able to furnish mainmasts for fifty-gun ships.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Before long, he had outsailed all but the fifty-gun ship, when he espied ahead of him the entire English Channel fleet, including twenty-eight ships of the line several of which were three-deckers, and a number of frigates, sloops of war, and cutters, extending in a line southward for about nine miles from the Isle of Wight.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

At the same time, the fifty-gun ship which had been pursuing Fanning all along also reached and passed through the line.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

Before long, he had outsailed all but the fifty-gun ship, when he espied ahead of him the entire English Channel fleet, including twenty-eight ships of the line several of which were three-deckers, and a number of frigates, sloops of war, and cutters, extending in a line southward for about nine miles from the Isle of Wight.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

At the same time, the fifty-gun ship which had been pursuing Fanning all along also reached and passed through the line.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

The English had the same number of ships of the line and one fifty-gun ship, carrying 1012 guns and 8068 men.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993