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The '''Ringle''' is a two masted [[schooner]], of the type known as a Baltimore clipper. [[Jack Aubrey]] won her from [[Heneage Dundas]] in a game of [[backgammon]] at the end of [[The Wine-Dark Sea]]. Like others of her type, she is a very fast sailer, can point much further into the wind than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship ''[[HMS Bellona]]'' in ''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Admiral (novel)|The Yellow Admiral]]''.
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The '''Ringle''' is a two masted topsail [[schooner]], of the type known as a [[Baltimore clipper]]. [[Jack Aubrey]] won her from [[Heneage Dundas]] in a game of [[backgammon]] in the opening chapter of ''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]''. Like others of her type, she is a very fast sailer and can point much further into the wind than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship ''[[HMS Bellona]]'' in ''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Admiral (novel)|The Yellow Admiral]]''. The ''Ringle'' also appears in ''[[The Hundred Days]]'' and ''[[Blue at the Mizzen]]''.<ref> [http://http://www.ctbasses.com/misc/BruceTrinque/]</ref>.
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The ''Ringle'' is named after Ken Ringle, a ''Washington Post'' journalist who sent a book about the Baltimore clipper to [[Patrick O'Brian]] in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. O'Brian was so grateful that he intoduced the ''Ringle'' into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type.
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The ''Ringle'' is named after Ken Ringle, a ''Washington Post'' journalist who sent a book about Baltimore clippers to [[Patrick O'Brian]] in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. O'Brian was so grateful that he introduced the ''Ringle'' into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a19768-2000jan8.htm Washington Post article on O'Brian]</ref>.
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a19768-2000jan8.htm Washington Post article on O'Brian]
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Current revision as of 23:27, 2 October 2015

The Ringle is a two masted topsail schooner, of the type known as a Baltimore clipper. Jack Aubrey won her from Heneage Dundas in a game of backgammon in the opening chapter of The Commodore. Like others of her type, she is a very fast sailer and can point much further into the wind than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship HMS Bellona in The Commodore and The Yellow Admiral. The Ringle also appears in The Hundred Days and Blue at the Mizzen.[1].

The Ringle is named after Ken Ringle, a Washington Post journalist who sent a book about Baltimore clippers to Patrick O'Brian in 1992 just before he wrote the final chapters of The Wine-Dark Sea. O'Brian was so grateful that he introduced the Ringle into the books and named it after the man who had introduced him to the type[2].

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  2. Washington Post article on O'Brian


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