The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 35Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1866 - Naval art and science |
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... gun which had belonged to Mr. Hire , and the re- ceiver of plunder pleaded in vain that he had been the means of saving a white woman's life . But on account of previous good character three others , against whom similar evidence was ...
... gun which had belonged to Mr. Hire , and the re- ceiver of plunder pleaded in vain that he had been the means of saving a white woman's life . But on account of previous good character three others , against whom similar evidence was ...
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... guns sufficient to equip a frigate , and good guns most of them are too - guns which , though they may be bought cheap , would , if placed to the number of six or eight on board each vessel , tend very considerably to suppress piracy on ...
... guns sufficient to equip a frigate , and good guns most of them are too - guns which , though they may be bought cheap , would , if placed to the number of six or eight on board each vessel , tend very considerably to suppress piracy on ...
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... guns and making other preparations for resistance ; but the cheers of the litte band of blue jackets created such a panic amongst them that there was a general rush overboard , and a hasty re- treat to the hills . Lieutenant St. John ...
... guns and making other preparations for resistance ; but the cheers of the litte band of blue jackets created such a panic amongst them that there was a general rush overboard , and a hasty re- treat to the hills . Lieutenant St. John ...
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... guns mounted on carriages of an improved kind , which step opens a new chapter of expenditure . As to the Atlantic squadron , it is not yet formed , and there is thus no means of effecting savings while " pushing forward with the great ...
... guns mounted on carriages of an improved kind , which step opens a new chapter of expenditure . As to the Atlantic squadron , it is not yet formed , and there is thus no means of effecting savings while " pushing forward with the great ...
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... guns . The life of the crew is much the same in all the lightvessels . On Sunday , at sunrise , the lantern is lowered down on deck , and is pre- pared for its work at night . At eight all the crew should be up and their hammocks stowed ...
... guns . The life of the crew is much the same in all the lightvessels . On Sunday , at sunrise , the lantern is lowered down on deck , and is pre- pared for its work at night . At eight all the crew should be up and their hammocks stowed ...
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Admiral Admiralty Agrigan Alamagan anchor anchorage appears barque batten battery bearing boat breakwater brig British Brixham buoy cable called Cape Captain Caroline islanders channel chart China coast command compass course crew danger deck distance ditto Duncan Dunbar East engine English fact fathoms feet fire French gale Garapan Gordon governor Guguan guns harbour inches institution iron ship island Isle Jamaica Japanese land lifeboat light lighthouse lightvessel London magnetic Marianas marine masts miles Morant Bay Nautical navigation navy negroes night North Norway oars observed officers passed passengers port position present reef river Rocas rock royal navy sail sailors saved Saypan Schooner seamen seen shoal shore side South southward steam steamer storm strait Sunharon Taeping Tinian Torbay town Trade turret turret ships vessel voyage weather West wind wreck XXXV Yedo Yokohama
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Page 409 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pnde, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 409 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin, his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 409 - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And sendst him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth; there let him lay.
Page 527 - A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock, But hails the mariner with words of love.
Page 409 - The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him...
Page 653 - If this number be again sub-divided, it cannot fail to be observed that more than half of it is represented by the unseaworthy, over-laden, or ill-found vessels of the collier class, chiefly employed in the coasting-trade.
Page 478 - Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratulating the country, and the world at large, on the successful accomplishment of the great design of connecting Europe and America by the means of an electric telegraph. It is hardly possible to anticipate the full extent of the benefits which may be conferred on the human race by this signal triumph of scientific enterprise ; and Her Majesty has pleasure in expressing her deep sense of what is due to the private energy which, in spite of repeated failure...
Page 14 - Espent, who sent up my private letter to him. And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. Your truly devoted and now nearly dying hnshand, GW Gordon.
Page 654 - NW Coast of Scotland, 46; Irish Coast, 146; Isle of Man, 15; Lundy Island, 3; Scilly Isles, 5. As regards the loss of life, the returns show that the number lost from shipwreck on or near the coast of the United Kingdom, in 1865, was 698. These lives were lost in 164 ships; 124 of them were laden vessels...
Page 478 - The Queen congratulates the President on the successful completion of an undertaking which she hopes may serve as an additional bond of union between the United States and England.