Know your Nautical terminology
razee
1. A sailing ship that has been cut down to reduce the number of decks.
2. To cut down a sailing ship to reduce the number of decks.
HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. Razeed frigates combined the hull strength, sail power, and lower deck armament of a ship-of-the-line in a much lighter package. This made them fast and powerful. Then Captain Sir Edward Pellew's share of prize money in Indefatigable amounted to $5-10M in today's purchasing power making him one of the most successful frigate captains in history. 
