Select Naval DocumentsHarold Winter Hodges, Edward Arthur Hughes University Press, 1922 - 227 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
able action admiral Admiralty advantage ahead anchor attack better blue Brest British Captain centre close blockade coast Commander in Chief Commissioners deck defence disabled division Dutch endeavour enemy enemy's fleet enemy's ships engage England English favour Ferrol Fighting Instructions fire a gun fireships flag flagship flagstaff fleet A B force France French fleet French navy frigates give harbour hath hoist honour keep Kempenfelt Keppel lieutenant line of battle Lord Lord Nelson Lord Sandwich Lordships Majesty majesty's fleet Majesty's ships Marine Master masts Mediterranean Midshipman Minorca mizen Mutinies N.R.S. xxxII naval tactics Navy necessary Nelson never night observe officers pennant port Portsmouth present rear Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt Royal George sail Sandwich seamen sent ship's shot sick signal Spithead squadron St Vincent superior tack topmast-head Torbay Toulon union flag Ushant vessels Vice-Admiral Victory victuals weather wind windward
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Página 222 - Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point, but in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy.
Página 220 - The whole impression of the British Fleet must be to overpower from two or three Ships a-head of their Commanderin-Chief, supposed to be in the Centre, to the Rear of their Fleet. I will suppose twenty Sail of the Enemy's Line to be untouched, it must be some time before they could perform a manoeuvre to bring their force compact to attack any part of the British Fleet engaged, or to succour their own Ships, which indeed would be impossible without mixing with the Ships engaged*.
Página 217 - My object is partly gained, if we meet them, we shall find them not less than eighteen, I rather think twenty sail of the line, and therefore do not be surprised if I should not fall on them immediately: we won't part without a Battle. I think they will be glad to let me alone, if I will let them alone; which I will do either till we approach the shores of Europe, or they give me an advantage too tempting to be resisted.
Página 26 - The Spaniards had an army aboard them, and he had none; they had more ships than he had, and of higher building and charging; so that, had he entangled himself with those great and powerful vessels, he had...
Página 220 - Something must be left to chance, nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others, shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes, but I look with confidence to a victory...
Página 220 - Command's signal to lead through, about their twelfth Ship from their Rear (or wherever he could fetch if not able to get so far advanced) ; my Line would lead through about their centre, and the Advanced Squadron...
Página 178 - This I know, having in my possession their present fighting and sailing instructions, which comprehend all their signals and evolutions. Lord Howe has, indeed, made some improvements by borrowing from the French. But, Kempenfelt, who seems to have been a more promising officer, had made a still greater improvement by the same means.
Página 29 - I am driven myself, of force, to come a-land, to see them bestowed in some lodging; and the best I can get is barns and such outhouses; and the relief is small that I can provide for them here. It would grieve any man's heart to see them that have served so valiantly to die so miserably.
Página 107 - ... those who were bred seamen would undergo, in those so -otherwise useful swift frigates. These being to encounter the greatest ships would be able to protect, set on, and bring off, those who should manage the fire-ships; and the Prince who should first store himself with numbers of such fire-ships would, through the help and countenance of such frigates, be able to ruin the greatest force of such vast ships as could be sent to sea, by the dexterity of working those light, swift ships to guard...
Página 11 - I protest before God and as my soul shall answer for it, that I think there were never in any place in the world worthier ships than there are for so many. And as few as we are, if the King of Spain's forces be not hundreds, we will make good sport with them.