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that it had to surrender.x A typical warship of this period had two or three decks for guns. The
largest warships carried between 64 and 120 guns. These warships
represented an enormous investment of money and resources to
construct, were extremely costly to operate, and incorporated the
most cutting-edge technology of the day.England versus France
x The dominant power in naval warfare in the 18th and 19th centuries
was England. This nation possessed a large number of excellent
natural harbors from which the main sea routes to Europe could be
controlled. England developed the largest merchant marine in the
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warships—200 feet long and 50 feet wide and carrying 102 guns.
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