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- HMS Surprise (ship) '''''HMS Surprise''''', a [[frigate]] of the [[rate|sixth rate]], is the ship most closely associated with [[Jack Aubrey]] from the third book of the Ca… … a somewhat artificial reckoning to distinguish her from an unrated [[post ship]] on the one hand (such vessels might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-g…11 KB (1769 words) - 19:21, 30 May 2011
- Category:Weapons This category contains articles about weapons on board ship.108 B (14 words) - 01:50, 16 January 2009
- Summary for The Unknown Shore …r than the ''Centurion'', the two friends set out with Eliot to join their ship. …inds himself taking the whole blame and is sent to the [[punishment aboard ship|masthead]] just before dinner. Toby, nothing of a [[topman]], nonetheles…8 KB (1388 words) - 05:34, 16 January 2009
- Summary for 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey The ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' is making her way eastward through the Magellan Strait; [[J… …favour with the [[Duke of Clarence]] and so climbs down. Returning to the ship, Jack and Stephen read a batch of letters from home and realise that there…4 KB (658 words) - 01:23, 12 November 2007
- Barque … vessel, with square-sails only on the fore- and main-masts, effectively a ship with no mizzen [[topsail|top-]] or [[topgallant sail]]. There have been ba…645 B (102 words) - 14:37, 1 February 2009
- Gelijkheid #REDIRECT [[Nutmeg of Consolation (ship)]]42 B (5 words) - 16:38, 17 January 2009
- Nathaniel Martin …MS Worcester]] commanded by [[Jack Aubrey]]; delays in the arrival of his ship, ''HMS Berwick'', allows Martin and Stephen to become friends. At first M… … in [[Mediterranean Sea|the Mediterranean]] includes a [[Punishment aboard ship|flogging around the fleet]]. In response to his outrage, he writes a pamp…2 KB (387 words) - 17:45, 18 January 2011
- Laura Fielding …ades Aubrey to carry her to safety in [[Gibraltar]] aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]], in the process Stephen gives the impression he really is …1 KB (236 words) - 23:30, 12 February 2009
- Court martial … surviving captain and crew of a ship would be tried for the loss of their ship either to enemy action or to shipwreck. [[Jack Aubrey]] was tried in ''[[M…2 KB (334 words) - 16:00, 16 July 2007
- Mast A '''mast''' is a vertical spar, usually rigged to carry [[sail]]s. A ship has three masts, fore mast, main mast and mizzen mast, a [[brig]] or [[sch… …ed to the one below and could be struck down in heavy weather to avoid the ship carrying too much weight aloft.1 KB (208 words) - 02:41, 3 April 2008
- Thomas Cochrane …ing a Danish flag and dissuading an attempt to investigate by claiming his ship was plague-ridden. Chased by an enemy frigate, and knowing it would follow… … pull away briefly, and fire on the concentrated boarding parties with his ship's guns. Cochrane then boarded the ''Gamo'', despite still being outnumbere…9 KB (1534 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
- Stays …nine different stays, one fore-stay and two backstays, one to each side of ship, for each mast section, ''i.e.,'' the [[mast|mainmast]] has a mainstay an…2 KB (298 words) - 05:17, 16 January 2009
- Cutter *A ship's boat, usually 25ft (7.6m) in length. This type of cutter could be eithe…1 KB (224 words) - 14:38, 1 February 2009
- Lieutenant …rst lieutenant, besides being immediately in line to take command of the [[ship]] if the captain was incapacitated, was responsible for the overall superv… … (£8.40) per lunar month; this did not vary according to the rate of his ship or whether he was first or subordinate.2 KB (389 words) - 15:17, 28 October 2007
- Admiralty …eir commissions, determined the disposition of [[fleet]]s and individual [[ship]]s, supervised the preparation and issuing of [[chart]]s and orders, and r…2 KB (374 words) - 19:24, 5 May 2008
- Rate …ny unrated (smaller) ships, [[brig]]s and lesser vessels, but only a rated ship would be commanded by a [[Post Captain (rank)|post captain]]. … of the period based on complex mathematical calculations derived from the ship's dimensions.3 KB (397 words) - 14:40, 1 February 2009
- Weigh … raise the [[anchor]] (or rather anchors, since it was usual to [[moor]] a ship with two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring t… … ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].6 KB (1030 words) - 09:32, 24 November 2010
- HMS Worcester …dmiral Thornton]]'s orders to transfer to his old command, [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise]]'', whose [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] has died under … …lication in [[Thomas Pullings|Tom Pullings]]'s remarks that she was an old ship, since the faults he lists would have been inherent in her materials and c…3 KB (451 words) - 10:27, 20 May 2008
- Commission … new commission had to be drawn up each time an officer was moved from one ship or posting to another, even where there was no change in rank; this proce…1 KB (210 words) - 14:02, 21 August 2007
- Chronometer …in degrees can be converted into [[nautical mile|nautical miles]] once the ship's [[latitude]] is known; one degree represents 60 nautical miles at the e… …n which the movement was suspended in [[gimbals]], like those used for the ship's [[compass]], so that it would remain horizontal in all conditions; this…3 KB (449 words) - 23:27, 1 March 2011
