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- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Rules (hist) [878 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> in these Terms and Definitions, Rules means the documents issued by the Society which include: </span><br/> <span class="c7"> (1) Rules f...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 QSCS (hist) [209 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"></span><br/> <span class="c7"></span><br/> <span class="c7"></span><br/> <span class="c7"></span><br/> <span class="c7"></span><br/> <span class="c7"></span><...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Lay-Up / Laid-Up (hist) [1,394 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> A condition in which the unit is taken out of service. One of the key considerations in the early planning of a lay-up is its expected duration as thi...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Yard (hist) [256 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A horizontal spar from which a square sail is suspended. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The spar on which a lugsail or Gunter sail...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Xebec-frigate (hist) [307 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> A European warship that appeared late in the history of the xebec. It was fully square-rigged but otherwise designed like an ordinary xebec. </s...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Xebec (hist) [713 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Variously spelled zebec, xebeck, xebeque, xebecque, zebeck, zebecque, chebec, or shebeck. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A Mediterrane...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Wharfage (hist) [306 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A collective term for docks, piers, quays, and wharfs. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A collective term for all wharfs in a given p...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Whaler (hist) [353 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Also whaling ship. A specialized vessel designed for catching or processing whales. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A person engaged...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Whaleboat (hist) [708 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. </span...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Whaleback (hist) [1,292 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of cargo steamship of unusual design formerly used on the Great Lakes of North America, notably for carrying grain or ore. The hull continuo...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Warp (hist) [420 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier, especially so as to move a sailing ship through a confined or...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Vang (hist) [603 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A line leading from the gaff to either side of the deck, used to prevent the gaff from sagging. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. One...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Trawler (hist) [462 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Commercial trawler: a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A fisherman who u...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Travelers (hist) [583 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Small fittings that slide on a track, rod, or line. The most common use is for the inboard end of the mainsheet. </span><br/> <span class="c7...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Transom (hist) [508 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A lateral member fastened inside the sternpost, to which the hull and deckplanks are fitted. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The aft...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Touch and go (hist) [419 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The bottom of the ship touching the bottom, but not grounding. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Stopping at a dock or pier for a very...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Tender (hist) [556 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also ship's tender. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A type of naval auxiliary ship designed to provide advanced basing services in unde...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Tack (hist) [411 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking and to starboard tack and port tack. </span><br/> <span class="c7...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Sweep (hist) [580 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A long oar used to row, steer, or maneuver an unpowered lighter or sailing vessel when there is no wind. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Submarine (hist) [886 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Generally, a watercraft capable of independent operations underwater, able to renew its own power and breathing air. A submarine differs from a sub...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Strike (hist) [557 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To surrender the vessel to the enemy, from "strike the c...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Storeship (hist) [572 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also store ship or stores ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. During the Age of Sail and immediately afterwards, a captured ship used...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Stay (hist) [974 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Station (hist) [720 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Stack (hist) [184 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also funnel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. Another name for a funnel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Deck cargo....")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Squadron (hist) [1,330 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Spritsail (hist) [304 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A fore-and-aft sail, where the peak is supported by a sprit. It may be free-footed or use a boom. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Sloop-of-war (hist) [648 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a small sailing warship carried 18 or fewer guns with a single continuous gundeck. </span><br/> <span class="...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Slip (hist) [1,416 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To let go a rope at a precise moment, such as when releasing the last attachment to a buoy, when getting underway. </span><br/> <span class="...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Shipwreck (hist) [314 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The remains of a ship that has sunk. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The remains of a ship that has run aground such that she is no...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Ship graveyard (hist) [452 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also called a ship cemetery. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A location where the hulls of discarded ships are left to decay and disint...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Ship (hist) [1,110 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (n.) Strictly, a sailing vessel of three-masts or more and square-rigged on all masts. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (n.) More gen...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Sea (hist) [498 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The ocean. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean and generally forming part of, or connecting w...")
- 22:35, 29 November 2023 Scull (hist) [741 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Scow (hist) [479 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Sail (hist) [965 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 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...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Rummage (hist) [595 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also romage. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Row (hist) [635 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (in general speech) to propel a boat with oars </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (more precisely, as used at sea) to propel a boat wit...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Rope yarn (hist) [1,142 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A period, traditionally on Wednesday afternoons, when a tailor boarded a sailing warship while the vessel was in port; the crew was excused from mo...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Reefer ship (hist) [263 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also simply reefer. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A refrigerated cargo ship used to carry perishable goods that require refrigeration...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Rating (hist) [620 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also rate or bluejacket. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. In British usage, a junior enlisted member of a country's navy; i.e., any memb...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Range (hist) [511 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To lay out a rope or chain on deck in a zig-zag or (for rope) a figure‐eight pattern (as opposed to in a coil) so that it can run freely. The zig...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Ram (hist) [665 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A weapon consisting of an underwater prolongation of the bow of a vessel to form an armored beak, intended to be driven into the hull of an enemy v...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Port (hist) [965 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (facility): A maritime facility on a sea coast, in an estuary, or on a river with loading areas at which a vessel can bring aboard or discharge car...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pinnace (hist) [455 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pendant (hist) [343 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end. </span><br/> <span class=...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Peak (hist) [356 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; used in many combinations, such as peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. </span><br/> <span cla...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Pay off (hist) [511 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To let a vessel's head fall off from the wind (to leeward). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. During the Age of Sail, the practice of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Packet (hist) [370 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also packet boat or packet ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. Originally, a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Outrigger (hist) [1,034 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Generally, a structure projecting from the side of a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Any contraposing float rigging beyond t...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Outboard (hist) [756 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated outside the hull of a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel but positioned away (or farther away...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Ordinary seaman (hist) [685 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A seaman in the British Royal Navy in the 18th century who had between one and two years of experience at sea. Later, a formal rank in the Royal Na...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Offshore (hist) [282 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Moving away from the shore. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (of a wind) Blowing from the land to the sea. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Net cutter (hist) [633 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (Fisheries patrol), also trawl wire cutter: A device employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the "Cod Wars" to cut the trawling wires of forei...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Moor (hist) [238 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To dock a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Monitor (hist) [974 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A turreted ironclad warship of the second half of the 19th century characterized by low freeboard, shallow draft, poor seaworthiness, and heavy gun...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mizzen (hist) [591 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mizzen sail is a small sail (triangular or gaff) on a ketch or yawl set abaft the mizzenmast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A mi...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Midshipman (hist) [1,416 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. During the 17th century, a naval rating for an experienced seaman. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. From the 18th century, a naval co...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mess (hist) [221 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also messdeck. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. An eating place aboard a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A group of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Maritime (hist) [426 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Of or related to the sea (e.g., maritime activities, maritime law, maritime strategy). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Bordering on...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Marine (hist) [1,589 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A soldier trained for service afloat in a (primarily) infantry force that specializes in naval campaigns and subordinated to a navy or a separate n...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mainmast (hist) [311 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also main. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. The tallest mast on a ship with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-ri...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luffing (hist) [467 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (of a sailing vessel) Being steered far enough to windward that the sail is no longer completely filled with wind; in such a state, the luff of a f...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luff (hist) [255 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forward edge of a sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The fullest or roundest part of a ship's bow. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Longboat (hist) [639 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the Age of Sail, a double-banked open boat carried by a sailing ship, rowed by eight or ten oarsmen, two per thwart, although designed also to b...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lead (hist) [424 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In former usage, to est...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lazaret (hist) [540 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also lazarette or lazaretto. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A small stowage locker at the aft end of a boat. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lay (hist) [640 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To come and go, used in giving orders to the crew, e.g. "lay forward" or "lay aloft", respectively indicating that the crew should move to the forw...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Launch (hist) [817 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The largest ship's boat carried by a warship – usually an open boat and, in more recent times, fitted with an engine. Historically, both were fit...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Langrage (hist) [222 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Another name for canister shot. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Solid shot suitable for damaging rigging. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Knighthead (hist) [405 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mitred backing timber that extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Junk (hist) [389 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Old cordage past its useful service life as lines aboard a ship. The strands of old junk were teased apart in a process known as "picking oakum"....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jacob's ladder (hist) [757 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also Jacobs ladder. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A flexible hanging ladder consisting of vertical ropes or chains supporting horizon...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jackstay (hist) [701 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A rope, bar, or batten running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2....")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Jack (hist) [808 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A sailor. Also jack tar or just tar. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (jack flag) A national or other official flag flown on a short...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Inboard (hist) [594 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated within a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel and positioned close (or closer relative to anoth...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Hulk (hist) [618 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship, often an old ship or one that has become obsolete or uneconomical to operate, that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed and is...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Horse (hist) [918 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal bar (sometimes a shaped aluminum extrusion), running athwartships, to which a sheet is attached with a traveler that slides along the horse...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Hog (hist) [472 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A fore-and-aft structural member of the hull fitted over the keel to provide a fixing for the garboard planks. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 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><...")