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During the 17th Century to the 19tjh Century, the British navy were spread all across the world. This was the pride of Britain at the time and partly what made the British empire so strong and so vast. The ships of these years were made of wood which would have been supplied by someone like these timber merchants Southampton www.timbco.co.uk/ and built to do their specified job. The navy was a huge organisation and there were many different ships within it, with each having a rating (and some which were unrated). Here is a guide to the ratings and categories of ships that made up the British navy between the 17th – 19th Century…