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- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Helm (hist) [276 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship's steering mechanism, such as a tiller or ship's wheel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The wheel and/or wheelhouse area....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Heel (hist) [458 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lean caused by the wind's force on the sails of a sailing vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The inclination or canting of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Head (hist) [513 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of the ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of any indivi...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Gun deck (hist) [885 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Up through the 19th century, a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. </span><br/>...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Guard ship (hist) [623 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any vessel that makes the rounds of a fleet at anchor to see that due watch is kept at night. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A wars...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Guards (hist) [738 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also paddle guards and wheel guards. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. (on an oceangoing sidewheel steamship) Horizontal structures, usua...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Grommet (hist) [266 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal or plastic ring inserted in canvas to prevent wear. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A ring of rope. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Galley (hist) [597 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (galley (kitchen)) The compartment of a ship where food is cooked or prepared; a ship's kitchen. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (ga...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Frigate (hist) [989 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the 17th century, any warship built for speed and maneuverability. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In the 18th and early 19th cen...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Foul (hist) [761 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; the opposite of clear. For instance, a rope is foul when it does...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Foot (hist) [245 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lower edge of any sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The bottom of a mast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 3. An...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Fleet (hist) [2,043 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Naval fleet: The highest operational echelon of command of ships commanded by a single person in a navy, and typically the largest type of naval fo...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Fish (hist) [308 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To repair a mast or spar with a fillet of wood. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To secure an anchor on the side of a ship for sea (o...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Fireman (hist) [294 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also stoker, boilerman, or watertender. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A job associated with tending the fire for a boiler. </sp...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Fair (hist) [587 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull with minimum localized deviations. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To make s...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Dock (hist) [683 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In American usage, a fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port, generally synonymous with pier and wharf, except...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Dinghy (hist) [443 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of small boat, often carried or towed as a ship's boat by a larger vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A small racing yac...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Dandy (hist) [277 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A rig with a small mizzen abaft the steering post. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In British usage, another name for a yawl....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Cutter (hist) [1,450 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A sailing vessel defined by its rig. In European waters this is a single-masted fore and aft rig with two or more headsails In North American water...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Cruiser (hist) [1,349 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. From the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, a classification for a wide variety of gun- and sometimes torpedo-armed warships, usually but no...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Corsair (hist) [419 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A French privateer, especially one from the port of St-Malo. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Any privateer or pirate. </span><...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Commodore (hist) [1,045 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (rank) Prior to 1997, the title was used in the Royal Navy for an officer of the rank of captain who was given temporary command of a squadron. At...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Come about (hist) [391 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To tack. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To change tack. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 3. To maneuver the bow of a sai...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Class (hist) [575 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Strictly, a group of government ships, especially naval ships, of the same or similar design. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Inform...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Cheeks (hist) [305 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Wooden blocks at the side of a spar. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Flat plates of iron or wood bolted to the masthead to form angl...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Chalupa (hist) [438 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A small boat that functions as a shallop, water taxi, or gondola. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In Portuguese, a small boat used f...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Cat (hist) [374 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To prepare an anchor after raising it by lifting it with a tackle to the cathead, prior to securing (fishing) it alongside for sea. An anchor raise...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Captain (hist) [750 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The person lawfully in command of a vessel. "Captain" is an informal title of respect given to the commander of a naval vessel regardless of his or...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Brown-water navy (hist) [393 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A navy capable of operating on rivers and/or in coastal environments. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. That portion of a navy designe...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Broadside (hist) [717 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. One side of a vessel above the waterline. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted (in rotat...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Breaker (hist) [724 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A shallow portion of a reef over which waves break. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A breaking wave that breaks into foam against th...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bowline (hist) [409 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of knot producing a strong loop of a fixed size, topologically similar to a sheet bend. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A rop...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bottom (hist) [260 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The underside of a vessel; the portion of a vessel that is always underwater. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A ship, most often a c...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Boom (hist) [457 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A floating barrier to control navigation into and out of rivers and harbors. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A spar attached to the...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bombard (hist) [356 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also spelled bombarde. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A small, two-masted vessel common in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th cent...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Boat (hist) [358 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any small craft or vessel designed to float on and provide transport over or under water. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Naval slan...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Board (hist) [286 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To step onto, climb onto or otherwise enter a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The side of a vessel. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bluejacket (hist) [645 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also blue-jacket. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A sailor or enlisted person of the Royal Navy, Commonwealth navies, the United States...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bilge (hist) [819 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The part of the hull that the ship rests on if it takes the ground; the outer end of the floors. The "turn of the bilge" is the part of the hull th...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Berth (hist) [505 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A location in a port or harbor used specifically for mooring vessels while not at sea. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A safe margin...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bend (hist) [250 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A knot used to join two ropes or lines. See also hitch. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To attach a rope to an object. </span>...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Belay (hist) [335 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To make a fast line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To secure a climbing person i...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Battle stations (hist) [435 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also general quarters or action stations. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. An announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal the cre...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Ashore (hist) [371 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. On the beach, shore, or land (as opposed to aboard or on board a vessel). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Towards the shore. <...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aloft (hist) [235 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the rigging of a sailing ship </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aid to navigation (ATON) (hist) [536 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn the...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aftercastle (hist) [371 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> A stern structure behind the mizzenmast and above the transom on large sailing ships, much larger but less common than a forecastle. The aftercastle h...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Afloat (hist) [393 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (of a vessel) Floating freely (not aground or sunk). The term may also be used more generally of any floating object or person. </span><br/>...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Adrift (hist) [756 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not underway. When referring to a vessel, it implies that the vessel is not being or a...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Salvage and Recovery (hist) [1,669 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Salvage and Recovery</b><br/> <span class="c24"> Underwater </span><span class="c13">[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/w...")