A military dictionary

by William Duane

Rates.				No. of Guns.	No. of Guns of each Kind.									Carronades.
					42	32	24	18	12	9	6			32	24	18	12
1st.				100	28	—	28	—	30	—	18			2	6	—	—
2d.				98	—	28	—	30	40	—	—		-	2	—	6	—
3d.	-			80	—	26	—	26	—	24	4
				74	—	28	—	28	—	18	—			2	—	6	—
				70	—	28	—	28	—	14	—
				64	—	—	26	26	—	12	—			—	2	6	—
4th.	-			60	—	—	24	—	26	—	10			—	—	—	—
				50	—	—	22	—	22	—	6			—	6	—	6
5th.	-			44	—	—	—	20	22	—	6			—	—	8	—
				36	—	—	—	26	2	8	—			8	—	—	—
				32	—	—	—	—	26	—	6			—	6	—	—
6th.	-			28	—	—	—	—	—	24	4			—	6	—	—
				24	—	—	—	—	—	22	2			—	2	6	—
				20	—	—	—	—	—	20	—			—	—	—	8
Sloops				18	—	—	—	—	—	—	18			—	—	—	8

Dimensions of Ships, Number of Men, and Draught of Water.

Number of Guns.	Length on the Gun-deck.		Extreme Breadth.		Complement of								Depth of water required for each.
					Sailors.				Marines.
	Ft.	In.	Ft.	In.				No.				Officers.				Feet.
110	190	—	53	—			-	875			-	1 Captain 3 Subalt’s.			-	24
100	186	—	52	—
98	180	—	50	—			-	750							-	23
90	177	6	49	—
80	182	—	49	6			-	650							-	18
74	182	—	48	7
74	169	—	46	11
64	160	—	44	6					1 Cap. 2 Sub.
50	146	—	40	6				420	2 Lieuten’ts.						-	16
44	140	9	38	8			-	300			-	1 Subalt.
38	144	—	39	—
36	142	—	38	—
32	126	—	35	4												15
28	120	—	33	6			-	200
24	114	7	32	3
20	108	—	30	—
18	110	—	29	6			-	125			-	Serjeant.				13
16	106	—	28	—
N. B. The usual complement of Marines is one for every Gun in a British Ship of War.

NAVY-board, together with its civil and military departments, in England, consists of a lord high admiral, or lords commissioners for executing this office; one first lord commissioner, and six other lords commissioners, with a number of inferior officers, and clerks.

Navy, is also a collective body of officers employed in the military sea-service.

NAWAUB, Ind. See [Nabob].

NEABUT, Ind. a deputyship, or lieutenancy: from naib, a deputy.

NECESSARIES, in a military sense, are such articles as are ordered to be given to every soldier.

NEESHUNGPAT, Ind. a violent assault without bloodshed.

NEGATIVE. This term is sometimes used to express the result of measures or enterprizes, which though not entirely successful, are not productive of serious or mischievous consequences. Hence the British expeditions to Spain, and to Walcheren, may be considered as having had negative success.