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{{also|sixth rate}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|sixth rate}}

===Adjective===
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# {{lb|en|UK|military|nautical|historical}} Of a {{w|Royal Navy}} [[warship]] in the {{w|Napoleonic Era}}: having 20{{ndash}}28 guns on one [[gun deck]], a [[complement]] of 140{{ndash}}200, and weighing 340{{ndash}}550 [[long ton|tons]] [[burthen]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=David Grann| title=The Wager| location=|publisher=Doubleday|year=2023|isbn=|chapter=1|text=The Navy classified warships by their number of cannons, and with twenty-eight, she was a '''sixth-rate'''–the lowest rank.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic|uncommon}} [[terrible|Terrible]], [[awful]]; less than [[fifth-rate]].

====See also====
{{col3|en
|first-rate
|second-rate
|third-rate
|fourth-rate
|fifth-rate
}}

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|UK|military|nautical|historical}} A sixth-rate [[warship]].

====See also====
* {{l|en|frigate}}
* {{l|en|post ship}}