10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPE ORTEGAL»
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1
Sailing directions for the Bay of Biscay, including the ...
We recommend this place to all vessels which may be driven to leeward of Cape
Ortegal in hard gales of wind. It does not appear to be sufficiently known ; but the
bottom is clean sand, and holds the anchors well, while with N.E. winds only, ...
John William Norie, J. S. Hobbs, 1847
2
The new Mediterranean pilot, containing sailing directions ...
We recommend this place to all vessels which may be driven to leeward of Cape
Ortegal in hard gales of wind. It is not sufficiently known ; the bottom is sand, and
holds the anchors well —with N. E. winds only the sea becomes heavy and ...
3
An investigation of the currents of the Atlantic ocean, and ...
It may be observed, that the drift of the bottle was much to the south of east ;
whereas that of the Cornwalhs was east ; that is, both pointed towards Cape
Ortegal or its vicinity, as if the main stream of the current was concentrated there '.
James Rennell, John Purdy, 1832
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The Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of ...
7, the bearing of Cape Ortegal is found S. 13° E. ; and with that bearing, and the
proper diff. of lat. 22, the distance is found 23 miles. Taking the middle points (viz.
N. by W. and N.N.W.). FROM LONDON TO MADEIRA. 209. H- K. F. Courses.
John Hamilton Moore, Joseph Foss Dessiou, 1828
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The improved practical navigator: containing all necessary ...
Tojindjhe Bearing and Distance t>£ Cape Ortegal. Latitude in.. 49° 21' N. Mer.
Parts 34.14 | Longitudein. ...... . Lat. Cape Ortegal. .43 46 N. Mer. Parts 2926 ,
Long. Cape Ortegal . . of lat. 335 ==-5 35 Mer. diff. of lat. 488 ..6°n'W. ..7 39 w. Diff
. of ...
Nathaniel Bowditch, Thomas Kirby, 1809
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Sailing directions [afterw.] Pilot for the west coasts of ...
CAPE ORTEGAL. 185 A chain of high steep sharp-pointed black rocky islets,
called the Aguil- lones, extend in a northerly direction from the cape. The outer
one, which is about a mile from the cape, is called Caballo Juan ; the next
inshore of it ...
Admiralty hydrogr. dept, 1867
7
Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory: To Accompany the New ...
It was taken up by a sentinel on duty, near Cape Ortegal, and, as was supposed,
at the moment of its driving into the surf. If this was really the fact, the bottle,
according to the date of the letter contained in it, must have been carried, at the
rate of ...
8
España maritima, or Spanish coasting pilot; containing ...
Between Point Estaca and this Cape, the Coast runs in to the S.W. and S. S. W.,
forming an inlet of 4 miles in depth, into which falls the River of Santa Marta, of no
service to shipping. S. 81° W. 1-f mile from Cape Aguillones, lies Cape Ortegal, ...
Spain navy, Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel, 1812
9
The Annals of Philosophy
He supposes it to be caused by the prevalence of westerly winds, which occasion
an easterly current towards Cape Finisterre and Cape Ortegal. This current
proceeds along the northern coast of Spain, and assumes a northerly direction
when ...
Thomas Thomson, Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley, 1816
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of ...
To find the direct Course and Dist mice to Cape Ortegal. Lat. in 43° 23'N. Mer.
parts 3063 Longitude in 8° o6'\Vr Cape's Ut. 43 47N. Mer. parts 2926 Cape's
longitude 7 43 W. Dis. lat. 1 36 Mer. dis. 135 Dis. longitude o 23 With the mer. diff.
of ...
John Hamilton Moore, 1807
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPE ORTEGAL»
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Big breeze, four-meter swell and storms: The Solitaire du Figaro …
The first night will be quite hard because we'll be tacking every ten minutes, but at Cape Ortegal we could potentially be tacking every couple of ... «BYM News, Jun 15»
Russian war medal for Arctic convoy sailor who braved treacherous …
In June 1943, HMS Wren and other ships in the group depth-charged and sank the German U-boat U-449, north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain. «Shields Gazette, Apr 15»
Bob's rude awakening on Arctic Convoys
... showed her mettle when, in the June, she and other ships of the group depth-charged and sank U-449, north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain. «Shields Gazette, Apr 13»
