The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an account of the origin and increase of the British navy. Chamier, 第 1 巻1859 |
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... island of Jamaica , learnt not to place implicit reliance upon what an American swore , much less upon what he loosely asserted , I expected , very naturally , to derive con- solation from the result of an inquiry into the actual force ...
... island of Jamaica , learnt not to place implicit reliance upon what an American swore , much less upon what he loosely asserted , I expected , very naturally , to derive con- solation from the result of an inquiry into the actual force ...
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... Island passage put a stop to her career . The 36 - gun frigate carried the same number and nature of guns on the main - deck as the 32 , with four additional 6 - pounders on the quarter - deck . The class , which consisted but 1 ...
... Island passage put a stop to her career . The 36 - gun frigate carried the same number and nature of guns on the main - deck as the 32 , with four additional 6 - pounders on the quarter - deck . The class , which consisted but 1 ...
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... island of Groix . This was under an idea that England meant to make a descent upon that part of the French coast , in order to favour the cause of the royalists . The necessity , on the part of England , of despatching squa- drons , in ...
... island of Groix . This was under an idea that England meant to make a descent upon that part of the French coast , in order to favour the cause of the royalists . The necessity , on the part of England , of despatching squa- drons , in ...
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... island bearing east - north - east , and almost at the same moment the fleet of M. Morard - de - Galles , consist- ing of 17 sail of the line ( all those in the list at p . 60. except the Côte - d'Or , Tigre , and two out of the three ...
... island bearing east - north - east , and almost at the same moment the fleet of M. Morard - de - Galles , consist- ing of 17 sail of the line ( all those in the list at p . 60. except the Côte - d'Or , Tigre , and two out of the three ...
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... island , he tacked to the north- west , and , after dark , each ship of the English fleet carried a light . On the 1st of August , soon after daybreak , the wind being very light , 17 sail were seen , at a great distance , in the north ...
... island , he tacked to the north- west , and , after dark , each ship of the English fleet carried a light . On the 1st of August , soon after daybreak , the wind being very light , 17 sail were seen , at a great distance , in the north ...
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24-pounders 36-gun frigate 74-gun ship action afterwards ahead anchor appears armed arrived astern attack batteries Bellerophon boats Brest brig brig-sloop British fleet British frigate British navy British ships broadside Cæsar Captain Captain Brenton Captain John captured carronades chase colours command commenced Commodore complement convoy corvette crew cruising deck detached distance enemy enemy's Engageante engaged English fire force fore forecastle four France French admiral French fleet French frigate French ships George Gibraltar Glatton Gun-ship hauled island larboard larboard tack latter leeward Lieutenant line-of-battle ships long guns Lord Hood loss marines masts midshipman Minerve mizen mounted naval officers port pounders prize quarter quarter-deck and forecastle Queen Charlotte Rear-admiral republican rigging Royal Sovereign running rigging sail Sans-Pareil ship's shore shot signal Sir John sloops soon starboard stood three-decker tons Toulon troops Vengeur vessels Vice-admiral Villaret wind windward wounded yards
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xxviii ページ - History of the United States, From their first Settlement as Colonies to the close of the Administration of Mr. Madison in 1817.
xxxi ページ - My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent to the press. (2) Not a sheet has been seen by any human eyes, excepting those of the author and the printer: the faults and the merits are exclusively my own.
195 ページ - Caesar, the leading ship of the British van, after being about on the starboard tack, and come a-breast of the Queen Charlotte, had not kept to the wind; and that the appointed movement would consequently be liable to fail of the purposed effect.
1 ページ - It will tend to clearness in our future inquiries, if we at once give an explanation of some of these terms. A ship is defined to be " a large hollow building, made to pass over the sea with sails...
xl ページ - Luff, the order to the helmsman to put the tiller towards the lee-side of the ship, in order to make the -ship sail nearer to the direction of the wind. Main sheet, a large rope affixed...
xli ページ - Stay, to stay a ship, is to arrange the sails and move the rudder, so as to bring the ship's head to the direction of the wind, in order to get her on the other tack.
25 ページ - This theory was supported in the latter part of the seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth century, in England, by Mr.
xxxv ページ - Afore, all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem. Aft, After, behind, or near the stern of a ship. See Abaft. Aloft, up in the tops, at the mast-head, or anywhere about the higher yards or rigging. Alongside, close to the ship. Amidships, the middle of the ship, either with regard to her length or breadth ; as, the enemy boarded us amidships, ie in the middle, between the stem and stern. Put the helm amidships ; ie in the middle, between the two sides.
xxxvi ページ - On the beam implies any distance from the ship on a line with the beams, or at right angles with the keel : thus, if the ship steers northward, any object lying east or west is said to be on her starboard or larboard beam.
164 ページ - The fact is, the signal was not compulsory on any captain. It contained a qualifying NB in the following words : " The different captains and commanders, not being able to effect the specified intention in either case (the signal applying to the passage through a line to windward or to leeward), are at liberty to act as circumstances require:" a negativing, or, at least, neutralizing nota-bene, which, very properly, was omitted in the next new code of signals.