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  • 61Ship's papers — Ship Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 62Tack — Tack, v. i. (Naut.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See {Tack}, v. t., 4. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 63To make ship — Ship Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 64port — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo French, from Latin portus more at ford Date: before 12th century 1. a place where ships may ride secure from storms ; haven 2. a. a harbor town or city where ships may take on or… …

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  • 65Lady Elgin (steamship) — The Lady Elgin was a steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois in 1860. [1] On the night of September 6 1860 the Lady Elgin left Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the Dooley, Martin, Dousman, and Company, Dock, for Chicago, carrying… …

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  • 66Right- and left-hand traffic —   countries with right hand traffic …

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  • 67Richard Kempenfelt — Infobox Person name= Richard Kempenfelt caption= Portait as a Rear Admiral birth date= 1718 birth place= Westminster, London, England death date= death date|1782|4|29|df=y death place=Spithead, England occupation = Royal Navy AdmiralRichard… …

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  • 68HMS Java (1811) — The French built frigate Renommée was taken by the British near Madagascar and renamed HMS Java . She was rated as 38 guns and carried 47 guns and cannonades. She was under the command of Captain Harry Lambert during the War of 1812Toll, p.376] …

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  • 69John Quilliam — Captain John Quilliam RN (29 September 1771 10 October 1829) was a British Royal Navy officer and the First Lieutenant on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was a farmer’s son from the Isle of Man. He is first recorded in 1797 at the… …

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  • 70HMS Royal George (1756) — HMS Royal George was a 100 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 18 February 1756. She sank at Portsmouth on 29 August 1782 with the loss… …

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