USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A Revolutionary War Ship Reappears Since then, as if fulfilling her poetic description as a “phantom ship, ” the wrecked remains of the Somerset have occasionally shown themselves, resurfacing from their grave in Dead Man’s Hollow near Provincetown, only to disappear again in the shifting of wind, sand, and waves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Great Britain’s Royal Navy, which rated its sailing ships by the number of guns they carried, considered ships of the first through third rates-that is, ships carrying 60 or 70 to 100 or 110 guns-to be ships of the line.

Detailed explanation-3: -The only original ship of the line remaining today is HMS Victory, preserved as a museum in Portsmouth to appear as she was while under Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.