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Razee
A razee or razée 〔OED〕 is a sailing ship that has been cut down (''razeed'') to reduce the number of decks. The word is derived from the French ''vaisseau rasé'', meaning a razed (in the sense of shaved down) ship.〔(''Razee'' at Dictionary.com )〕
==Sixteenth century==
The Queen's ships built in England by Sir John Hawkins and his shipbuilders, Richard Chapman, Peter Pett and Mathew Baker from 1570 were of a "race-built" design.〔 The description derived from their "raced" or razed fore-and aft-castles, which, combined with their greater length in relation to their beam, gave them a purposeful, sleek look. Their builders described them as having "the head of a cod and the tail of a mackerel". In 1570 Hawkins began a partnership with Richard Chapman to build or rebuild warships for the Queen's Navy Board at Deptford Dockyard. The prototype of these new style galleons was the 295-ton ''Foresight'' in 1570, built by Chapman. Her success was followed in 1573 by the 360-ton ''Dreadnought'' (built by Matthew Baker) and 350-ton ''Swiftsure'' (built by Peter Pett). In 1577 the 464-ton ''Revenge'' was built, together with the smaller (132-ton) ''Scout''. Following Hawkins's appointment as Treasurer of the Navy in 1578, further vessels along similar lines emerged during the next decade. All these ships were to do sterling service during the fight against the Spanish Armada.
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