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Great Republic (1853 clipper) (1,577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

overall length including her 86 ft (26 m)-long jibboom and her protruding spanker boom was 450 ft (140 m), 334 ft (102 m) on deck. Francis B. C. Bradlee:

HMS Spanker (1889) (1,100 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

HMS Spanker was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1889, converted to a minesweeper in 1909 and sold for breaking

Lawhill (938 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rigged in "jubilee" or "baldheaded" fashion, i.e. without royal sails over the top-gallant sails, active in the early part of the 20th century. Although her

Sloop-of-war (2,630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

immediately abaft which a small subsidiary mast was fastened on which the spanker was set. The first three-masted, i.e., "ship rigged", sloops appeared during

Colonial Ship King George (877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mizzen mast rigged with the mainsail and main-topsail in place of the spanker, a plan based on the two-masted Boston pilot schooner that eventually evolved

Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat (514 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of different boilers were fitted to Sharpshooter, Sheldrake, Seagull, Spanker and Salamander. At build the class was fitted with two QF 4.7-inch (12 cm)/45-pounder

Catullus 4 (622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

version says that the phasellus claims that in his hey-day with mainsail and spanker / He outsailed all vessels; and the ending becomes: At his last landfall

Jibe (2,197 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

running rigging, using braces sheets. Only the jibs, staysails and the spanker need to be jibed, as on a fore-and-aft rig. The maneuver of changing tack

Musquito-class floating battery (319 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design

Prince de Neufchatel (705 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with gaff abaft the fore, with large staysails over and three jibs. Her spanker boom projected far beyond the stern."([3] Prince of Neuchatel) After her

HMS Sepoy (1856) (314 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Sheerness on 28 May 1856. In company with HM gunboats Bullfrog, Carnation and Spanker, from the 1st Division of Steam Reserve at Sheerness, she went to Gravesend

Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) (38,471 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Many full-rigged ships would not set a sail in this position, as it would be interfered with by the spanker cross the line Cross the equator. crosstrees

List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy (2,075 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Savage (1856) Wolf (1856) Griper (1855) Fervent (1856) Forester (1856) Spanker (1856) Traveller (1856) Thrasher (1856) Opossum (1856) Partridge (1856)

USS Constitution (14,356 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

line was dropped and Commander Beck ordered six sails set (jibs, topsails, and spanker). She then sailed for 40 minutes on a south-south-east course with

Falls of Clyde (ship) (1,902 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Port Glasgow shipyard donated new steel masts, and topgallants, jib and spanker booms of Oregon pine. In 1973 the ship was entered into the National Register

Ghost ship (5,783 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

masted schooner was abandoned by her crew after she lost her mizzen and spanker in a storm while sailing from Ingramport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Buenos

Albacore-class gunboat (1855) (478 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

by W.H. Walker. The ships were wooden-hulled, with both steam power and sails, and of shallow draught for coastal bombardment in the shallow waters of

Victory Chimes (schooner) (717 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

foresail, mainsail and spanker (or mizzen), which Victory Chimes carries today. The heads of the fore, main and mizzen sails are supported by gaffs and

North River Steamboat (2,385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

masts with spars, rigging, and sails, likely a foremast with square sail and a mizzen mast with fore-and-aft sail (spanker), with the steam engine placed

Loch Line (973 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to load general cargo and passengers at Glasgow and then sail to Adelaide. They then sailed on to Melbourne or Sydney where they loaded wool or grain

Nautical operations (3,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

stationed aft and tended the mainsail, spanker and man the various sheets, controlling the position of the sails; the waisters, who were stationed midships

M-11 Shtorm (573 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the M-11 is known as "Head Lights", often found in conjunction with a "Top Sail" search radar. The initial version of this system, the 4K60 M-11 "Shtorm"

HMS Drake (1779) (1,336 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

commissioned in March under Commander William Brown. After being launched she was sailed to Deptford where she was fitted and coppered between 22 May and 19 July

Cutty Sark (8,443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

French frigate, built in Bombay for the East India Company as a combination sail/paddle steamer. She and a sister ship were purchased by Willis, who promptly

Great Armament (217 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ordered by the British Admiralty; all except the mortar vessels (which were sail propelled only) and the (iron-hulled) mortar floats (which were not self-propelled)

Capture of USS President (2,655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

three times and did considerable damage. At 7 pm, President brailed up her spanker and wore downwind with Endymion imitating the maneuver. Decatur had hoped

USS United States (1797) (5,299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

reaching Boston, Barry learned that Herald and Pickering were not ready to sail and he decided to continue without them. United States and Delaware departed

CSS Alabama (7,818 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

appearing to threaten Kearsarge.) A hand-held white flag at Alabama's stern spanker boom finally halted the engagement. Prior to this, she had her steering

Friendship of Salem (1,654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

under supervision of the National Park Service. The Friendship of Salem sails as an ambassador ship for the Essex National Heritage Area. The original

S-300 missile system (11,936 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

reduced to 25–25,000 m (82–82,021 ft). The naval version utilises the TOP SAIL or TOP STEER, TOP PAIR, and 3R41 Volna (TOP DOME) radar, and utilises command

Battle of Malvern Hill (9,936 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Peninsula Campaign, during which McClellan's Army of the Potomac sailed around the Confederate lines, landed at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula

Dan Patch (7,446 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

also aided by a large canvas sail carried between the galloping horses who set the pace. Critics pointed out that the sail, later referred to as a wind

List of ship launches in 1856 (3,166 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

News". Morning Chronicle. No. 27881. London. 5 May 1856. "A New Steamer to Sail between Liverpool and the Menai Straits". Liverpool Mercury. No. 2823 (Fourth ed