1. Passenger ships of the line provided large, lavishly furnished staterooms to accommodate passengers on the overnight trip.

2. At its height, the Navy had 94 ships-of-the-line, 104 frigates and 37 sloops in service.

3. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy expanded to 176 ships of the line and 600 ships overall, requiring 140,000 sailors to man.

4. Strengthened by the squadron of Vice Adm. Fyodor, Nakhimov consolidated over 700 cannon in six ships of the line, two frigates and three armed steamers.

5. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Corvettes were three-masted ships with square rigging similar to that of frigates and ships of the line, but they carried only about 20 guns on the top deck

6. Battleships have traditionally been the flagships of a given nation's navy, originating from the Age of Sail's ships-of-the-line, to World War I's dreadnoughts, to modern day Battleships sporting longer ranges, higher speeds, and advanced equipment.