On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... attack or defence at sea have been frustrated , when at the point of being successfully carried out , by sudden calms , or by unforeseen changes in the direction of the wind ; while now , an elaborate system of appropriate machinery ...
... attack or defence at sea have been frustrated , when at the point of being successfully carried out , by sudden calms , or by unforeseen changes in the direction of the wind ; while now , an elaborate system of appropriate machinery ...
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... attack the English in their own country . " a Viewing France as that which she really is , a great power , whose safety depends upon her military forces , we have no right to cavil at any measures which the government of that country ...
... attack the English in their own country . " a Viewing France as that which she really is , a great power , whose safety depends upon her military forces , we have no right to cavil at any measures which the government of that country ...
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... attack , that the fleet of the enemy is in line ahead close- hauled , to leeward or to windward ; and by taking measures accordingly , with superior nautical skill and practical seamanship , the officers of the British navy have ...
... attack , that the fleet of the enemy is in line ahead close- hauled , to leeward or to windward ; and by taking measures accordingly , with superior nautical skill and practical seamanship , the officers of the British navy have ...
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... attack for the action at Trafalgar was formed on the assumption that he should possess the advantage of being to windward , and thus have it in his power to penetrate the line of the combined French and Spanish fleets , by which ...
... attack for the action at Trafalgar was formed on the assumption that he should possess the advantage of being to windward , and thus have it in his power to penetrate the line of the combined French and Spanish fleets , by which ...
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... attack , as those ships pass in succession athwart the bows of the ships fetching up . 89. To penetrate an enemy's line from the leeward by the cross attack , as it is called ( Art . 149 ) , is impracti- cable , if the prescribed ...
... attack , as those ships pass in succession athwart the bows of the ships fetching up . 89. To penetrate an enemy's line from the leeward by the cross attack , as it is called ( Art . 149 ) , is impracti- cable , if the prescribed ...
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action Admiral advantage angle armies attack axis Basilisk blades British broadside batteries centre columns consumption of fuel cylinder deck defence direction divisions double échelon enemy enemy's fleet enemy's line engine England equal Essays evolutions Fcap feet fire flank force formation formed French frigates gunnery guns HERMANN MELVILLE History horse-power Journal leeward length line abreast line ahead line of battle line of bearing Lord manœuvre Memoir military military tactics motion movement naval tactics naval warfare navy oblique oblique order order of battle paddle paddle iron paddle-boards paddle-wheels piston Plates Portrait position Post 8vo pressure principles propelling rear Royal rudder sailing ships screw corvette screw nearly ready screw-propeller screw-steamers screw-vessels Second Edition ships in line sloop-of-war speed starboard steam fleets steam-ships steamers stern surface tack Third Edition tion trials trunk velocity vertical vessel Vols Voyage wheel wind windward Woodcuts yoke
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