United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Част 2H. Colburn, 1842 |
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... sails , and wind , a little fish called the echeneis , surpasses and confounds them , we see no doubt or ambiguity . The power of arresting the progress of a ship , and bringing her up all standing , is most expressly stated , - " Ruant ...
... sails , and wind , a little fish called the echeneis , surpasses and confounds them , we see no doubt or ambiguity . The power of arresting the progress of a ship , and bringing her up all standing , is most expressly stated , - " Ruant ...
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... sail in the night with the first of the land breeze . This rumour had spread on shore , and directly after he left the ship , we had on board both ships more canoes than on all the days put together since the accident . " Wednesday . A ...
... sail in the night with the first of the land breeze . This rumour had spread on shore , and directly after he left the ship , we had on board both ships more canoes than on all the days put together since the accident . " Wednesday . A ...
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... sail of the line , carried the island by a coup de main , before Sir S. Hood could arrive to its succour . By the peace of Versailles St. Kitt's was again restored to Great Britain , and has remained with her ever since ; although the ...
... sail of the line , carried the island by a coup de main , before Sir S. Hood could arrive to its succour . By the peace of Versailles St. Kitt's was again restored to Great Britain , and has remained with her ever since ; although the ...
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... sail of the line ( including one ship of 120 guns ) and thirteen large frigates . Having already described the first ... sail , and to back her top - sail occasionally , to keep her station . At sunset , the body of the French fleet bore ...
... sail of the line ( including one ship of 120 guns ) and thirteen large frigates . Having already described the first ... sail , and to back her top - sail occasionally , to keep her station . At sunset , the body of the French fleet bore ...
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... sail was taken in , and the yards fished aloft with the studding - sail boom and capstan bars . In the mean while , the crew which were not required at the guns occupied themselves busily in knotting and splicing the rigging as fast as ...
... sail was taken in , and the yards fished aloft with the studding - sail boom and capstan bars . In the mean while , the crew which were not required at the guns occupied themselves busily in knotting and splicing the rigging as fast as ...
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