sloop-of-war
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thumb|1800 illustration of the Royal Navy brig-sloop HMS Speedy
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- sailing ship
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- Royal Navy
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- Sloop-of-war
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- Sloops-of-war
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- sloop
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Rigging
- Ship-sloop
- Brig-sloop
- Bermuda sloop
- Classification
- History
- Decline
- Revival
- World War II
- 2010s
- Notable sloops
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|1800 illustration of the Royal Navy brig-sloop HMS Speedy
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all unrated warships, including gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fire ships were classed by the Royal Navy as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the role of a sloop-of-war when not carrying out their specialised functions.
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