Usually means: Lowest naval ranking, small ships.
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adjective:  Alternative spelling of fifth-rate [(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 32–44 guns across one or two gun decks, a complement of 200–300, and weighing 700–1,450 tons burthen.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of fifth-rate [(UK, military, nautical, historical) A fifth-rate warship.]

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