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  • Yard
    …ublications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501: p. 38</ref> Most ship's rarely [[bend|bent]] a mizzen [[course]] because it would be largely blo…
    2 KB (304 words) - 15:11, 31 October 2009
  • Category:Animal names in nautical use
    …ttempt to list all of the animal names used for such purposes--making each ship "a positive ark"--though they are generally unsure of to what the names re…
    986 B (153 words) - 16:55, 15 September 2022
  • Boom
    …e-and-aft sail. For larger sails like the [[spanker]] or [[driver]] of a [[ship]], the boom may swing with the sail. The [[headsails]], particularly the [… …adly to describe the sundry extra spars carried amidships and on which the ship's [[boat]]s are often stored on those vessels lacking [[davit]]s.
    731 B (125 words) - 19:24, 11 November 2007
  • /the orlop
    … process requires planning, recording, and controlling the movement of the ship. An essential attribute is being able to calculate one's position. This re… …n of error for dead reckoning was insignificant in relation to the stately ship speeds. [[Latitude]] as a measure and device was solved, and its increasi…
    3 KB (420 words) - 00:38, 27 September 2007
  • Frigate
    A '''frigate''' was a 5th or 6th [[rate]] ship, carrying between about 28 and 44 [[cannon]] on one deck. Frigates were ge…
    594 B (91 words) - 14:43, 1 February 2009
  • Geoff Hunt
    …''[[Desolation Island (novel)|Desolation Island]]'' shows ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|Leopard]]'' being followed by the ''[[Waakzaamheid]]'', a crucial element…
    984 B (161 words) - 09:33, 24 November 2010
  • Typhus
    This form of the disease is called gaol fever, ship fever, and hospital fever due to its appearance in crowded conditions with… The crew of [[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]] in ''[[Desolation Island (novel)|Desolation Island]]'' were…
    2 KB (327 words) - 09:28, 24 November 2010
  • Barret Bonden
    …ef> and becoming furious upon hearing of his receiving [[Punishment aboard ship|fifty lashes]] on Captain Corbett’s order in ''The Mauritius Command'' (… …of information to both the lower deck and quarterdeck. As ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]'' stowaway [[Michael Herapath]] learns, Bonden's good word …
    11 KB (1817 words) - 17:20, 31 January 2009
  • Port
    * [[Larboard]] -- left side of a ship
    84 B (14 words) - 16:56, 5 April 2008
  • Platypus
    …nd one [[Stephen Maturin]] wants to find as the ''[[Nutmeg of Consolation (ship)|Nutmeg of Consolation]]'' docks in Sydney Harbor in [[Australia]]. The …
    2 KB (290 words) - 16:36, 17 January 2009
  • Cricket
    In Peter Weir's film, the crew of ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' are briefly seen playing cricket on one of the [[Galapagos I…
    13 KB (2321 words) - 20:15, 18 May 2013
  • HMS Implacable
    '''HMS ''Implacable''''' was a 74-gun third rate [[ship of the line]], launched sometime between 1795 and 1800, and sunk in 1949. … … surviving examples of the 74-gun third rate, the most popular variety of "ship-of-the-line." ''Implacable'' was, at the time of her sinking, the second …
    2 KB (343 words) - 15:36, 23 January 2012
  • HMS Acasta
    :1809 -- Served as command ship for the landing of 4500 troops on Martinique … are ultimately given to other, more influential officers. Another such ship, promised to Aubrey but never delivered, is the fictional frigate ''[[HMS …
    5 KB (699 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2010
  • Navy Board
    …tation, assisted by two Surveyors (three from 1813), who were in charge of ship design, and also by a varying number of Commissioners, including the heads…
    1 KB (225 words) - 09:05, 14 November 2007
  • Lexicon:Cacafuego
    Quite often used as an actual ship's name by the Spanish.
    2 KB (281 words) - 05:01, 13 November 2007
  • Lexicon:Houario
    <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">a type of ship</td>
    2 KB (253 words) - 16:42, 31 January 2009
  • Lexicon:Mala soluta navis exit alite ...
    …n: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">An evil, winged omen is unleashed, and the ship bearing the foul Maevius sets out.<br>O South Wind, make sure you pound he…
    3 KB (436 words) - 05:31, 13 November 2007
  • Lexicon:Monsieur, je prends le commandement ...
    …tyle="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">Sir, I take command of this ship</td>
    2 KB (263 words) - 05:34, 13 November 2007
  • Lexicon:Posse navitatum
    …orce of the county' was the local militia. Aubrey presumably means to say 'ship's militia', which would be ''posse navis'' in Latin. However he has nearly…
    2 KB (315 words) - 05:43, 13 November 2007
  • Lexicon:Qué barca está
    <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">what ship is that?</td>
    2 KB (256 words) - 05:55, 13 November 2007

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