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  • 11Capture of Cyane — HMS Cyane was a British warship captured by the USS Constitution on 20 February 1815 during the War of 1812. Cyane was sailing in company with HMS Levant .The Capture of HMS CyaneHMS Cyane was a British 6th rate 22 gun frigate build ship in… …

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  • 12barque — noun /bɑː(r)k/ a) A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square rigged, the sternmost being fore and aft rigged On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An peng for Tamsui, I… …

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  • 13USS Asp (1812) — The first Asp was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Asp , the former British merchant vessel Elizabeth , was captured on Lake Ontario in 1812 by the schooner Growler , purchased by the Navy from the prize court:… …

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  • 14HMS Canada (1913) — HMS Canada was a battleship, sometimes identified as a member of the Iron Duke class originally ordered by the government of Chile as Valparaiso . Before launching, the ship s name was changed in honour of Juan José Latorre Benavente. Incomplete… …

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  • 15Robert Rogers' 28 "Rules of Ranging" — The 28 Rules of Ranging are a series of rules and guidelines originally created by Major Robert Rogers in 1757, during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The rules were originally written at Rogers Island in the Hudson River near Fort Edward …

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  • 16Anatomy of a rowing stroke — The two fundamental reference points in the anatomy of a rowing stroke are the catch where the oar blade is placed in the water, [ [http://www.ara rowing.org/render.aspx?siteID=1 navIDs=1,42,64 The catch] ; the last part of the recovery , where… …

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  • 17Joseph Sydney Yorke — Infobox Military Person name=Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke lived=6 June 1768 ndash; 5 May 1831 caption= placeofbirth = London placeofdeath = Spithead nickname= residence = United Kingdom nationality = British allegiance=United Kingdom of Great Britain… …

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  • 18КОРАБЛЬ — (Ship) термин, употребляющийся преимущественно по отношению военного корабля (суда военного флота), говорят военные К. Кроме того, термин К. сохранился в наименованиях теоретических и научных дисциплин: теория К., корабельная архитектура,… …

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  • 19Rear — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rear >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rear rear back posteriority Sgm: N 1 rear rank rear rank rear guard Sgm: N 1 background background hinterland GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 occiput …

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  • 20stern — stern1 adjective 1》 grimly serious or strict, especially in the exercise of discipline. 2》 severe; demanding. Derivatives sternly adverb sternness noun Origin OE styrne, prob. from the W. Gmc base of stare. stern2 noun the rearmost part of a ship …

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