BUKU BASA INGGRIS KAKAIT KARO «STERN-CHASER»
Temukaké kagunané saka
stern-chaser ing pilihan bibliografi iki. Buku kang kakait dening
stern-chaser lan pethikan cekak kang padha kanggo nyediyakaké panggunané ing sastra Basa Inggris.
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Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of ...
79 The problem of gunnery in chase was particularly acute if the two ships were
in each other's wake. In this scenario a bow-chaser could be fired from the
chasing ship, or a stern-chaser from the escaping ship, but chase guns were
usually ...
2
The CSS Arkansas: A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters
Her armor had been pierced four times by [Lt.] Grimball, and we were running
after her to use our ram, having the advantage ofspeed. Opposite to me a man
was standing outside on the port-sill loading the stern chaser. He was so near
that I ...
Myron J. Smith, Jr.,
2011
Yon stern chaser is the only gun on board.” Burke pointed towards the half pound
cannon which had been left mounted by the stern rails. Slowly it was becoming
apparent that the chasing warship was overhauling the fleeing barque and the ...
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The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers ...
... the bow) or a “stern chaser” (if at the stern). cohorn mortar [co'oo-harrn/'orn
marrter] small bronze mortar (high-angle gun with a short barrel for use with short
-range targets) mounted on a block or other piece of wood equipped with
handles, ...
His own sails, I need scarcely add, were by this time so completely torn up by our
shot, that we could see the sky through them all ; but still he refused to heave-to
— and, by constantly firing his single stern-chaser, was evidently resolved to ...
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Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery: Containing a View of ...
—200 to every Bow and Stern Chaser. Gun Scrapers, 1 to every 10 guns. Shot
Tongs, 1 to every 20 guns. Round Shot, 100 to each gun, and 200 to each Bow
and Stern Chaser, Stands of Grape, 30 to the gun. Cannister, 20 to each gun.
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Tudor Sea Power: The Foundation of Greatness
The flat transom stern was not only believed to improve steering but also created
a deck upon which heavy 'stern-chaser' guns could be mounted. Philip of Cleves,
an early producer of fighting instructions, stated that 'On each side of the ...
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Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere
'Well,' said Jack, hurrying off to where the stern-chaser hung poised above ... in
the passage above the only term that is absolutely clear to me is 'bottom' (though
I dimly apprehend that a 'stern-chaser', louche as it sounds, is a brass cannon).
Christopher Hitchens,
2000
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The Jamaican Affair of 1805: Hornblower Saga - a new adventure
A sharp bang behind him told him the stern chaser had been fired. The musket
fire from the head of the harbor grew louder and Hornblower was resigned to
losing his hoped-for rations, and four good men to boot, but a sailor in the
lookout's ...
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The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia
Some 600 yards ahead of the trailing Union ships, the Governor Moore trailed the
Varuna by 100 yards. The Union warship engaged its adversary with its stern
chaser gun and repeatedly tried to sheer, so as to get off a broadside, but
Kennon ...
Spencer C. Tucker, William E. White,
2011