ult in both the French Revolutionary war (1793 to 1801)
and the Napoleonic war which began in 1803. Taking both contests
down to the end of the Trafalgar year, the following table will
show how great was the development of the line-of-battle-ship
class below the three-decker and above the 64-gun ship. It will
also show that there was no development of, but a relative decline
in, the three-deckers and the 64's, the small additions, where
there were any, being generally due to captures from the enemy.
The two-deckers not 'fit to lie in a line' were at the end of the
Trafalgar year about half what they were when the first period
of the 'Great War' began. When we come to the frigate classes we
find the same result. In the earlier war 11 frigates of 44 and
40 guns were introduced into our navy. It is worth notice that
this number was not increased, and by the end of the Trafalgar
year had, on the contrary, declined to 10. The smallest frigates,
of 28 guns, were 27 in 1793, and 13 at the end of the Trafalgar
year. On the other hand, the increase in the medium frigate classes
(38, 36, and 32 guns) was very large. From 1793 to the end of the
Trafalgar year the 38-gun frigates increased from 8 to 50, and
the 36-gun frigates from 16 to 54.

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| | | Napoleonic War to |
| | French | the end of the |
| | Revolutionary War | Trafalgar year |
| Classes of Ships |-------------------|-------------------|
| |Commence-|Commence-|Commence-|Commence-|
| | ment of | ment of | ment of | ment of |
| | 1793 | 1801 | 1803 | 1806 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3-deckers | 31 | 32 | 29 | 29 |
| 2-deckers of 74 | 76 | 111 | 105 | 123 |
| guns, and above | | | | |
| 64 and 60 gun ships | 46 | 47 | 38 | 38 |
| 2-deckers not 'fit | 43 | 31 | 21 | 22 |
| to lie in a line' | | | | |
| Frigates 44 guns | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| " 40 " | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| " 38 " | 8 | 32 | 32 | 50 |
| " 36 " | 16 | 49 | 49 | 54