Indeed there were even, as early as the Napoleonic Wars, proposals for four-deckers of one hundred and sixty or one hundred and seventy guns.
Ngenene zazingambini, phambili ngexesha lemfazwe kaNapoleon kwabakho isindululi yaba sesokuba kumgangatho wesine nekhulu linye kunye namashumi amathandathu okanye ikhulu linamashumi asixhenxe.