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• Lexicon:Qué nave?; que entregue en seguida; ...
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">what ship is that? surrender immediately; we are English</td>
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• Lexicon:Qui ferox bellotamen inter arma ...
  … had just been in the fighting at war,<br>or had anchored his storm-tossed ship on the damp shore.<br><nowiki>[</nowiki>He sang of the Muses, of Bacchus a…
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• Lexicon:Cape Horn scurvy
  …icon:Scurvy|Scurvy]] caused by a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables when a ship takes a very long time to round Cape Horn??</td>
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• Lexicon:Hospital ship
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">hospital ship</td> <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">A ship serving as a hospital for the Fleet. The [[Lexicon:Physician of the Fleet|…
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• Lexicon:Naval surgeon
  … padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">A [[Lexicon:surgeon|surgeon]] operating on a naval ship.</td>
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• Lexicon:Physician
  …e operations with limited chances of the patient surviving. Aboard a naval ship, the surgeon was a warrant officer who had to have a certificate of profic…
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• Lexicon:Pratique boat
  …align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">The vessel which gave permission for a ship to enter a foreign port after having satisfied local health requirements.<…
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• Lexicon:Sea-sickness
  … 8px 0;">Dizziness and [[Lexicon:nausea|nausea]] caused by the motion of a ship at sea.</td>
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• Lexicon:Ship's barber
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">ship's barber</td>
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• Lexicon:Ship's butcher
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">ship's butcher</td>
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• Lexicon:Sick bay, sick berth
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">The part of the ship where sick men were kept and treated.</td>
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• Lexicon:Surgeon
  …:physician|physician]]. A [[Lexicon:naval surgeon|naval surgeon]] on board ship performed the duties of physician, surgeon and [[Lexicon:apothecary|apothe…
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• Transcription for 21
  and they said little as they returned to the ship.
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• Master and Commander (rank)
  …r shortly afterwards. This was very far from guaranteeing he would have a ship to command, since the number of commanders was often three or more times a…
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• US frigate Constitution
  …he pursuing British, including wetting the sails, towing the ship with the ship's boats, and "kedging" with the anchors and capstan. Taking advantage of a…
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• HMS Hermione
  …e crew mutinied, killed the officers and sailed to [[Venezula]], where the ship was handed over to the [[Spain|Spanish]], and renamed Santa Cecilia. … Spanish Main (Venezula) for Havana. Captain Hamilton of ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' offered to lead a cutting out expedition while the ''Her…
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• Forecastle
  …rotected castle-like platform at the bow for observation, fighting ship to ship, and command.
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• Brigantine
  …rigands" -- as it required a much smaller crew than even a similarly-sized ship or brig but which could still make use of the square-riggers' down-wind sp…
  587 B (94 words) - 16:16, 5 April 2008
• Baltimore clipper
  …d transports, couriers, and packets. The ''[[Ringle]]'', ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Suprise]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tender, was a [[schooner]] rigged Baltimor…
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• Boatswain
  …nown as the Bosun or Bo'sun is a warrant or petty officer in charge of the ship's cordage, anchors, and boats. He also supervised the on deck crew, often …
  287 B (47 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2008
• Orlop deck
  … name, which already appears in English usage in papers connected with the ship ''Mary Rose'' (1510-45), is derived from the Dutch noun ''overloop'' ('ove…
  439 B (70 words) - 16:57, 30 June 2009
• Book Covers
  … foreground. With the light breeze coming from aft, it is curious that the ship is not being swung about to point into the wind; perhaps there are unseen … …ain sail, bent to the gaff and boom. If the ''Sophie'' were a three masted ship, this sail might be called the spanker. The main yard carries a tightly fu…
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• Sail
  …mber and shape of the sails varied according to the size and design of the ship. A ship rigged vessel had three [[mast]]s, from bow to stern, the foremast, the ma…
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• HMS Indefatigable
  '''HMS ''Indefatigable''''' was a 64-gun [[ship of the line]]. She was ordered in 1781 at the [[Bucklers Hard]] shipyard. … …battle was in 1797 against the French ship ''Droits de l'Homme'', a 74-gun ship of the line. The battle ended with ''Droits de l'Homme'' being driven on s…
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• HMS Lively
  …e actual history of ''Lively'' which was a very new ship, in the book, the ship has spent time in the East Indies and has a crack experienced crew. Aubrey…
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• HMS Java
  …29, 1812, the American frigate [[USN Constitution]], a much more powerfull ship, rated at 44 guns but carrying 55,of which 30 were long 24-pounders on her… …rt had been mortally wounded and the ''Java's'' lieutenant surrendered the ship. After the surrender she was deemed unfit for repair and subsequently burn…
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• Blue Peter (flag)
  …ntended to alert crew and passengers ashore that they should return to the ship. The flag is hoisted at the fore-topmasthead or main-topmasthead in ships …
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• Royal Navy ensigns
  …s not always worn at sea, but would be shown upon meeting other vessels: a ship always had to show her true colours before opening fire. Amongst the guns… A ship carrying an admiral would wear his flag at the appropriate masthead; all o…
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• Prize money
  …the capture of a [[prize]] ship. It was based on the value of the captured ship and its cargo which was either sold or bought by the [[Royal Navy|navy]] f… The purpose of prize money was to reward the ship's company for the capture of enemy ships. All ships in sight of the captur…
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• Thomas Pullings
  …gs made a lieutenant aboard her, and when given command of [[HMS Surprise (ship)|''HMS Surprise'']] (1805), Aubrey immediately obtained Pullings appointme… …ed under Aubrey’s direct command as First Lieutenant of ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]'' (1812), but was forced to relinquish his position due to …
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• William Babbington
  …antic. They were rescued by ''[[HMS Java]]'' in time to take part in that ship's disastrous encounter with the [[USN Constitution]]. As a prisoner of th… …ng the voyage across the Channel to England, Babbington in his capacity as ship's captain performs a marriage ceremony for Stephen and Diana.
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• William Mowett
  …t lieutenant of the ''Surprise'', serving as such until the return of that ship to England after her cruise into the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] in pursuit …
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• Heneage Dundas
  …. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref>, [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']],<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973.… … of ''HMS Berenice'', he rescued Aubrey in his crippled ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' off [[Cape Horn]], after a nearly fatal encounter with a po…
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• Clarissa Oakes (character)
  … aboard Surprise, Clarissa engaged in sexual liaisons with a number of the ship’s officers, resulting in intense jealousies that for a time threatened t… … Oakes and her husband left the Surprise aboard ''[[Nutmeg of Consolation (ship)|Nutmeg of Consolation]]'' and eventually returned to [[England]] where Cl…
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• Calcutta
  [[Jack Aubrey]] refits [[HMS Surprise (ship)|''HMS Surprise'']] in Calcutta following her battle with [[Linois]] in co…
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• Forty Thieves
  …era of sailing warships and some were even converted to steam engines; one ship was not broken up until after the beginning of the 20th century. …orcester'' of [[The Ionian Mission]] would actually have been a fairly new ship, not long out of the builder’s yard.
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• Horatio Nelson
  …n command of the 64-gun ''HMS Agamemnon'', described as Nelson's favourite ship, in 1793. …been shut up in port for years on end, his crew were not used to working a ship quickly in heavy seas (or in any others, quite often) nor to fighting her …
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• In this Month
  …solation Island (novel)|Desolation Island]] but the flight from the Dutch ship is altered to March, 1812, in ''[[The Fortune of War]]''.
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• In this Month - January
  …nuary 16, 1794''': French corvette ''L'Unité'' (later, ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'') launched at Le Havre, France. '''AHE'''
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• In this Month - February
  *February 18, 1800: French ship-of-the-line ''Genereux'' captured; Jack Aubrey later appointed prizemaster…
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• In this Month - March
  …the American ''Alice B. Sawyer'' supposedly fired upon by ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]''. [[The Fortune of War|FOW]]: page 153
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• In this Month - September
  *September 25, 1799: Boats of ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' capture the ''Hermione'' from mutineers and the Spanish.…
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• In this Month - December
  *December 24, 1811: Damaged ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]'' attempting repair of leak. [[Desolation Island (novel)|D… …lation (ship)|Nutmeg of Consolation]]'' departs from the ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]''. [[The Nutmeg of Consolation (novel)|NOC]]: page 181
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• Chile
  …]]. He also cut out the frigate ''Esmeralda'', the strongest Spanish naval ship in the country. Later Cochrane attempted but failed to capture [[Chiloé I…
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• Navigation
  … process requires planning, recording, and controlling the movement of the ship. An essential attribute is being able to calculate ones position. This req… …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…
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• James Lawrence
  …d him posthumously to a national hero. His command '''''Don't give up the ship''''' became emblematic of the United States Navy. …Lawrence, mortally wounded, ordered his officers to "...not to give up the ship. Fight her till she sinks." However, his crew was overwhelmed by a Britis…
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• Saturn
  Maturin subsequently joins the Sophie as ship’s surgeon and reports on board. The next morning Jack Aubrey is on deck … In ''[[Desolation Island (novel)|Desolation Island]]'', The [[HMS Leopard (ship)|Leopard]] in danger of floundering and destruction seeks a refuge in the …
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• Holystone
  … on how tired they are -- by the noise, which tends to echo throughout the ship with a sound quite unlike any other.
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• Gun Tools
  …gnite the fuze and cause the shell to explode as it was over, or inside, a ship or fort. The shrapnel produced would do great damage to an opponent's shi…
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• Catalonia
  …t, ready to find refuge in any cove or in the shallow waters were a larger ship could not venture. …fferent times showed it with different shapes. Without local knowledge, a ship would not have ventured through the always shifting sand banks of the delt…
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• Lord Clonfert
  …e [[Jack Aubrey|Aubrey]], who promotes Clonfert to the command of the post-ship ''HMS Nereide''.
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• Sloop
  …sailors attempt to explain to [[Stephen Maturin|Stephen]] why a particular ship is or is not rated as a sloop.
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• Longitude
  … which is measured by determining the difference between the time at the ship's location and the time at a known reference line of longitude as determin…
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• Larboard
  Larboard is a historical name for the port side of a ship; the left side to an observer facing forward. Due to its similarity with …
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• Brazil
  [[Jack Aubrey]] makes frequent stops at Brazilian ports, to repair his ship or to replenish stores. On several occasions, he leaves sick or wounded cr… …sions he is indulged and in one memorable case returns to [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]] with a sloth which Aubrey proceeds to debauch with [[rum]…
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• Channel (part)
  …h, 1867 does not have a definition of Channel as it relates to a part of a ship. However, some other definitions in this dictionary refer to the channels…
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• Philip Broke
  … was also awarded a Naval Gold Medal, one of only eight awarded for single ship actions between 1794 and 1816. His injury prevented further active sea ser…
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• American Revolutionary War
  …ments favourably on many aspect of the American navy and American society; ship discipline and the practice of volunteer crews are examples.
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• Waakzaamheid
  …ench empire. As such the Waakzaamheid is a threat to the ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|Leopard]]'' (54). The Waakzaamheid is clearly a superior force given its … …ate of alertness and ready for action. While this Dutch 74 is a fictional ship, there was a Waakzaamheid 24-guns at the [[Battle of Camperdown]] (Kamperd…
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• Clarges Street
  …is detained and to be transported to Australia aboard the ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|Leopard]]''.
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• HMS Raisonable
  …mmission she was withdrawn from active service, to function as a receiving ship (for accommodation of newly-pressed men) until she was broken up in 1815. … …in (rank)|post-captain]] since 1805. ''Raisonable'' is described as an old ship in poor condition and unable to sustain a full broadside; this is in acco…
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• Michael Herapath
  …y educated man of American birth, Herapath is nonetheless entered into the ship's books as a lower-deck sailor, where he is assigned to mess with Aubrey's… After an outbreak of [[gaol fever]] kills a substantial portion of the ship's crew, including surgeon's mate Paul Martin, Herapath becomes the acting …
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• Battle of Trafalgar
  …a fatal wound from a musket shot fired by a sharpshooter aboard the French ship [[Redoutable]].
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• HMS Polychrest
  …llowing the vessel to absorb the recoil of the rocket without damaging the ship. …hecked tyranny of [[Aubrey]]'s First Lieutenant -- to mutiny and carry the ship to France. [[Maturin]] warns [[Aubrey]] of the impending mutiny, and [[Au…
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• Louisa Wogan
  …at one of Wogan's lovers, [[Michael Herapath]], has stowed away aboard the ship to be with her. Herapath, who is ignorant of Wogan's character as an inte…
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• Cacafuego
  …ave simply been named ''Cacafuego,'' the name widely used for the historic ship by non-Spanish speakers.
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• The Ships of Jack Aubrey
  …shipman or lieutenant, Jack Aubrey hungered for glory and for command of a ship. Indeed, the two were vitally connected, for the first was a path to the … … title of this page, the ''Sophie'' being only a brig and thus not truly a ship by the definition of the sea, I must fall back upon the sage words of that…
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• The Ships of Jack Aubrey - HMS Surprise
  … she could come about like a cutter, and she could eat the wind out of any ship on the station."<br /> …s novels. On the longitudinal section below, click on to the area of the ship you wish to explore further. On succeeding pages, each deck is shown sepa…
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