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• Court martial
  … court. Sometimes in remote locations, it would take an extended period of time before a sufficient number of post captains were present to form a court. …
  2 KB (334 words) - 16:00, 16 July 2007
• Admiralty
  …or his sound grasp of administration.) The First Secretaries during this time were Sir Evan Nepean (1795-1804), William Marsden FRS (1804-1809) and John…
  2 KB (374 words) - 19:24, 5 May 2008
• Commission
  … reminder of his [[seniority]]. A new commission had to be drawn up each time an officer was moved from one ship or posting to another, even where there…
  1 KB (210 words) - 14:02, 21 August 2007
• Chronometer
  …to run fast or slow - and the difference between [[solar time]] and [[mean time]].)
  3 KB (449 words) - 23:27, 1 March 2011
• /the orlop
  …established by Cook's circumnavigation of 1779. Readily available accurate time pieces solved longitude.
  3 KB (420 words) - 00:38, 27 September 2007
• France
  …ituated between 41° and 50° North, on the western edge of Europe. At the time France also controlled a number of island colonies in North America, the C… …atalonia|Catalan]] accent. He had studied medicine in [[Paris]] around the time of the Revolution and had absorbed the ideals of "Liberté, egalité et fr…
  4 KB (585 words) - 20:21, 27 October 2007
• Spain
  ==Spain in the time of the Canon==
  2 KB (261 words) - 05:03, 18 January 2009
• User:Kimmysanders
  …d choose Jack but knows she would be mad at him at least 40 percent of the time.
  344 B (57 words) - 01:44, 4 October 2007
• Joseph Blaine
  …mand]]'' Blaine contemplates marriage and (briefly) retirement, but by the time of ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' he has abandoned both ideas.
  2 KB (285 words) - 20:34, 16 August 2010
• Barret Bonden
  …Captain Corbett’s order in ''The Mauritius Command'' (the first and only time Bonden is acquainted with the cat). …y conscious opponent. In a coma, Bonden cannot be propped at the mark when time is called as the half-blind, semi-conscious Evans is and loses the fight. …
  11 KB (1817 words) - 17:20, 31 January 2009
• The Savoy
  …ted into a hospital for old men in the late fifteenth century, and at this time the area was given a privilege of sanctuary, so that malefactors of variou…
  2 KB (260 words) - 18:54, 2 July 2008
• Cricket
  …wins the match, provided all four inningses have been completed within the time available; however, if not all team A's wickets have fallen in their secon… …r bat nor wicket, continues so far beyond the stumps that the batsmen have time to run. (In the early 1800s the term 'bye' was sometimes applied to all r…
  13 KB (2321 words) - 20:15, 18 May 2013
• HMS Implacable
  …he most popular variety of "ship-of-the-line." ''Implacable'' was, at the time of her sinking, the second oldest vessel in the Royal Navy, behind ''Victo…
  2 KB (343 words) - 15:36, 23 January 2012
• HMS Acasta
  …s. For example, two other British 40-gun fifth-rates launched at the same time as ''Acasta'' (''Endymion'' and ''Cambrian'') both outweighed her and moun…
  5 KB (699 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2010
• WikiPOBia:Guide for the Perplexed
  …ter the final document. We intend to publish revised editions from time to time, so contributions are always welcome. Don't forget: even if you have no id…
  7 KB (1133 words) - 20:25, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Epocha
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">a fixed moment in time, or 'turning point'</td>
  2 KB (302 words) - 05:14, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Nata mecum consule Buteo
  …-years, by the name of the Consul who had served his one year term at that time — e.g., Horace, ''Odes III'': ''nata mecum consule Manlio'', addressed, …
  2 KB (330 words) - 05:36, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Nunc est bibendum
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">now is the time for drinking</td>
  2 KB (300 words) - 05:37, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">now is the time for pounding the floor with a wild foot</td>
  2 KB (283 words) - 05:37, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Pro. tem.
  …xt-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">abbrev. of ''pro tempore'', for the time being</td>
  2 KB (252 words) - 05:44, 13 November 2007

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