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22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+411)‎ . . N Tack ‎ (Created page with " 1. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking and to starboard tack and port tack. <span class="c7...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+580)‎ . . N Sweep ‎ (Created page with " 1. A long oar used to row, steer, or maneuver an unpowered lighter or sailing vessel when there is no wind. ...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+886)‎ . . N Submarine ‎ (Created page with " 1. Generally, a watercraft capable of independent operations underwater, able to renew its own power and breathing air. A submarine differs from a sub...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+557)‎ . . N Strike ‎ (Created page with " 1. To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.). 2. To surrender the vessel to the enemy, from "strike the c...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+974)‎ . . N Stay ‎ (Created page with " 1. A strong rope supporting a mast and leading from the head of one mast down to some other mast or other part of the vessel; any rigging running fore...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+572)‎ . . N Storeship ‎ (Created page with " Also store ship or stores ship. 1. During the Age of Sail and immediately afterwards, a captured ship used...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+720)‎ . . N Station ‎ (Created page with " 1. In chiefly 19th- and early 20th-century usage, a naval formation under a commander-in-chief who controls all naval operations, and sometimes all na...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+184)‎ . . N Stack ‎ (Created page with " Also funnel. 1. Another name for a funnel. 2. Deck cargo....") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,330)‎ . . N Squadron ‎ (Created page with " 1. In general, any significant group of warships considered too small to be a fleet, but otherwise not strictly defined by size. In some navies, the t...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+304)‎ . . N Spritsail ‎ (Created page with " 1. A fore-and-aft sail, where the peak is supported by a sprit. It may be free-footed or use a boom. 2. A...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,416)‎ . . N Slip ‎ (Created page with " 1. To let go a rope at a precise moment, such as when releasing the last attachment to a buoy, when getting underway. <span class="...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+648)‎ . . N Sloop-of-war ‎ (Created page with " 1. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a small sailing warship carried 18 or fewer guns with a single continuous gundeck. <span class="...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+314)‎ . . N Shipwreck ‎ (Created page with " 1. The remains of a ship that has sunk. 2. The remains of a ship that has run aground such that she is no...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+452)‎ . . N Ship graveyard ‎ (Created page with " Also called a ship cemetery. 1. A location where the hulls of discarded ships are left to decay and disint...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,110)‎ . . N Ship ‎ (Created page with " 1. (n.) Strictly, a sailing vessel of three-masts or more and square-rigged on all masts. 2. (n.) More gen...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+498)‎ . . N Sea ‎ (Created page with " 1. The ocean. 2. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean and generally forming part of, or connecting w...") (current)
22:35, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+741)‎ . . N Scull ‎ (Created page with " 1. (v.) In sport or recreational rowing, especially on inland water, to propel a boat by oars, where each of one or several persons uses two oars, one...") (current)
22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+479)‎ . . N Scow ‎ (Created page with " 1. A method of preparing an anchor for tripping by attaching an anchor cable to the crown and fixing to the ring by a light seizing (also known as bec...") (current)
22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+965)‎ . . N Sail ‎ (Created page with " 1. A piece of fabric attached to a vessel and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the vessel along. Sails are typically attached to the ves...") (current)
22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+595)‎ . . N Rummage ‎ (Created page with " Also romage. 1. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a vessel. ...") (current)

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