Britain's Sea Story, B.C. 55-A.D. 1805: Being the Story of British Heroism in Voyaging and Sea-fight from Alfred's Time to the Battle of Trafalgar : with an Introduction Tracing the Development of the Structure of Sailing Ships from the Earliest TimesErnest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance Hodder and Stoughton, 1906 - 427 страници |
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... course , to construct out of a buoyant hide a vessel of greater convenience for transport a man might balance himself on a floating hide and so cross a stream , but it would be very difficult to carry goods in such a manner . So a ...
... course , to construct out of a buoyant hide a vessel of greater convenience for transport a man might balance himself on a floating hide and so cross a stream , but it would be very difficult to carry goods in such a manner . So a ...
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... course smaller boats such as ships ' boats or cock - boats . There were ferry boats , often made from one piece or log , and coracles . The larger boats of this class included the smaller ship of burthen , called byrthingr , which was ...
... course smaller boats such as ships ' boats or cock - boats . There were ferry boats , often made from one piece or log , and coracles . The larger boats of this class included the smaller ship of burthen , called byrthingr , which was ...
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... course , entirely foreign to English ideas of freedom . VII THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD The result of this blending of English and Mediter- ranean types was the galleon , the warship of the Eliza- bethan days , a great advance in the ...
... course , entirely foreign to English ideas of freedom . VII THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD The result of this blending of English and Mediter- ranean types was the galleon , the warship of the Eliza- bethan days , a great advance in the ...
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... course many kinds of smaller vessels . Pinnace is a term frequently met with , covering boats of small tonnage , ship - rigged and capable of making ocean journeys . They were mostly armed with swivel guns around the bulwarks . Barks ...
... course many kinds of smaller vessels . Pinnace is a term frequently met with , covering boats of small tonnage , ship - rigged and capable of making ocean journeys . They were mostly armed with swivel guns around the bulwarks . Barks ...
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... course much 66 higher sums than would be represented by the same figures to - day . She was the first three - decker built for the Royal Navy . Her burden was 1,200 tons and she carried fifty - five guns ; the length of the keel was 115 ...
... course much 66 higher sums than would be represented by the same figures to - day . She was the first three - decker built for the Royal Navy . Her burden was 1,200 tons and she carried fifty - five guns ; the length of the keel was 115 ...
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action afterwards anchor arms arrived attack Barfleur battle boat British Broad Haven broadside brought Cabot Cadiz called canoes Cape Captain Cook carrack carried coast commanded Cormat crew danger deck divers Drake Duke Duke of Parma Dutch Earl enemy enemy's engagement England English fleet English ships escaped fell fight fire force four French frigates galleon galleys gave guns harbour Hardy hath haven Henry Henry VIII honour hundred island killed King King's land larboard leagues longships Lord Admiral mariners mast merchants morning navy Nelson night Northmen Ohthere passed pinnace pirates port Portugals Prince river ROBERT SOUTHEY rowed Royal sail sailors sent shallop shore shot side sight signal soldiers soon Spaniards Spanish fleet spritsail squadron starboard stern stood straits tack taken took twenty unto vessels Vice-Admiral victory victuals voyage whereof wind wounded
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Страница 322 - With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. "And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Страница 420 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear- old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Страница 399 - FROM THE SEA. Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away ; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay ; Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay ; In the dimmest North-East distance dawned Gibraltar grand and gray; " Here and here did England help me : how can I help England...
Страница 411 - you can do nothing for me." All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Страница 412 - I am going fast — it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair, and all other things belonging to me.
Страница 420 - I remember the black wharves and the slips, And the sea-tides tossing free; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships, And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and saying still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Страница 3 - Over the sea our galleys went, With cleaving prows in order brave, To a speeding wind and a bounding wave, A gallant armament : Each bark built out of a forest-tree, Left leafy and rough as first it grew, And nailed all over the gaping sides, Within and without, with black bull-hides, Seethed in fat and suppled in flame, To bear the playful billows...
Страница 398 - Genereux, the two rear ships of the enemy, were the only French ships of the line, which had their colours flying ; they cut their cables in the forenoon, not having been engaged, and stood out to sea, and two frigates with them. The Zealous pursued ; but as there was no other ship in a condition to support Captain Hood, he was recalled.
Страница 1 - To match another foe ; And sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long And the stormy winds do blow...
Страница 192 - We are as near to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a soldier resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was.