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Chapter III: Part 3

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Number | Length on | Extreme | Compliment of | Depth of water
of Guns|the Gun-deck| Breadth |Sailors | Marines | required for each
-------+------------+---------+--------+--------------+------------------
| Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Num. | Officers | Feet
110 | 190 0 | 53 0 | 875 |1 Cap. 3 Subs.| 24
100 | 186 0 | 52 0 | 875 | Do. | 24
98 | 180 0 | 50 0 | 750 | Do. | 23
90 | 177 6 | 49 0 | 750 | Do. | 23
80 | 182 0 | 49 6 | 650 | Do. | 18
74 | 182 0 | 48 7 | 650 | Do. | 18
74 | 169 0 | 46 11 | 650 | Do. | 18
64 | 160 0 | 44 6 | 650 |1 Cap. 2 Subs.| 18
50 | 146 0 | 40 6 | 420 |2 Lieutenants.| 16
44 | 140 9 | 38 8 | 300 | 1 Subaltern. | 16
38 | 144 0 | 39 0 | 300 | Do. | 16
36 | 142 0 | 38 0 | 300 | Do. | 16
32 | 126 0 | 35 4 | 300 | Do. | 15
28 | 120 0 | 33 6 | 200 | Do. | 15
24 | 114 7 | 32 3 | 200 | Do. | 15
20 | 108 0 | 30 0 | 200 | Do. | 15
18 | 110 0 | 29 6 | 125 | Sergeant. | 13
16 | 106 0 | 28 0 | 125 | Do. | 13
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N. B. The usual Complement of Marines is one for every gun in the ship

For "Notes on Vessels of War of the United States" see pages 6 and 7.

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Transcriber's note:

The Plates were moved to the start of the section describing them.

Hyphenation was standardized.

The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.

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