[Oztrich Boy]

Actually two steps away (see my post above)

[tanknetter]

Actually two steps away (see my post above)

One interesting side-note ... the Brits were VERY impressed with the big US 44s (Nelson even said something to the effect that he saw "great trouble" in those ships). They did a detailed assessment and reverse-engineering (to include a building near-duplicate, as you mentioned) of the USS President, prior to breaking it up.

Flash forward about 180 years. The USN was doing a major overhaul and refurbishment of the USS Constitution for her 200th birthday in 1997. They turn to the RN and it's engineering surveys of the USS President for guidance, since Constitution's engineering history was pretty incomplete. One big area where the RN/President survey had an influence was in putting diagonal riders into Constitution's hull, which have been of enormous value in further preserving the ship.