''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 tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...

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). Rating When the rating system was f ...

. It was built in 1712 by the

Venetian Arsenal The Venetian Arsenal () is a complex of former shipyards and Armory (military), armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Republic of Venice, Venetian ...

, and was one of the bigger and better armed vessels of the

Venetian Navy The Venetian navy () was the navy of the Venetian Republic which played an important role in the history of the republic and the Mediterranean world. It was the premier navy in the Mediterranean Sea for many centuries between the medieval and ea ...

. 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 instead.

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*The {{ship, Venetian ship, Corona, , 2 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. Ships of the line of the Venetian navy Ship of the line classes Ships built by the Venetian Arsenal 18th century in the Republic of Venice

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