The ''Corona'' was a one-member

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

class, a 76-gun

third rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...

. It was built in 1712 by the

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, and was one of the bigger and better armed vessels of the Venetian Navy. Its guns were all made in bronze for prestige reasons. The ship, even if it was a well-made one, was not copied, and the Navy chose to skip to the cheaper ''Leon Trionfante'' class instead.

Notes

*The ''Corona'' was the only Venetian sailing ship to embark 32-pounder guns, given that the following class' ships had the lighter 27-pounders.

References

*Guido Ercole, ''Vascelli e fregate della Serenissima'', GMT, Trento, 2011.

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