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Ships in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) were ranked based on military strength. The system considered the number of a ship's cannons and decks. "First-rate" was the highest ranking, and "sixth-rate" was the lowest ranking, followed by unranked ships. The size of a ship's crew was based on this ranking: first-rate ships had between 850 and 875 crewmen, while lower-ranked ships had fewer. Three of the ships in the British Royal Navy were the Waterloo (80 cannons and two decks), the Temeraire (98 cannons and three decks), and the Caledonia (120 cannons and three decks). Among these, only the Caledonia was a first-rate ship. It can therefore be concluded that