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A man of war (also man-of-war, man-o'-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel. The term often refers particularly to ships propelled primarily by sails and armed with cannon, as opposed to a galley, propelled primarily by oars. The man of war was developed in the Mediterranean in the 15th century from earlier roundships with the addition of a second mast to form the carrack. The 16th century saw the carrack evolve into the galleon and then the ship of the line.A first-rate man of war was armed with 100 or more guns (as many as 120). The 90-gun H.M.S. Coronation was a second-rate man of war. A seventy-four, a common ship carrying 74 guns, was a third-rate man of war. A sixth-rate man of war carried only 20 guns. First and second-rate men of war had three gun decks. It took over 2,000 oak and elm trees to build a second-rate man of war.
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- The Portuguese man o' war is a stinging hydrozoan related to the jellyfish.
- Man O' War was a racehorse.
- Man O'War Cay is an island in the Bahamas, a part of the Abacos near Marsh Harbour, famous for boat-building.
- Man o' war bird is another name for the Magnificent FrigatebirdMagnificent Frigatebird : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Fregatidae Fregata magnificens Binomial name ''Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 The Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens was sometimes previously known as Man O'War reflecting.
- ManowarSee Man of war, a type of warship Portuguese Man O' War, a jellyfish like creature. Man O' War (racehorse) Manowar (band) Manowar (wargame) a wargame by Games Workshop, now Out of Print. is a heavy metal band.
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