On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... sail shall be superseded by the more simple management of steam machinery , naval warfare under steam will be in a great measure independent of nautical skill and good practical seamanship , and that the evolutions of a fleet will be ...
... sail shall be superseded by the more simple management of steam machinery , naval warfare under steam will be in a great measure independent of nautical skill and good practical seamanship , and that the evolutions of a fleet will be ...
Seite x
... sailors , exerting the energies of a people long habituated to maritime pursuits , are trained in our vast mercantile marine to the perform- ance of their duties in every region of the earth , while employed in transporting merchandise ...
... sailors , exerting the energies of a people long habituated to maritime pursuits , are trained in our vast mercantile marine to the perform- ance of their duties in every region of the earth , while employed in transporting merchandise ...
Seite xi
... sailing navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war have at all times been necessarily attended , both in fleets and armies , by new formations in the array of battle , and by modifications , or entire changes , in their ...
... sailing navy . New discoveries in the means and implements of war have at all times been necessarily attended , both in fleets and armies , by new formations in the array of battle , and by modifications , or entire changes , in their ...
Seite xii
... sail of the line , will speedily become a steam fleet ; and the navies of the minor powers , Denmark , Sweden , and Holland , under the able administrations of those countries , are in a very efficient state . In short , the navies of ...
... sail of the line , will speedily become a steam fleet ; and the navies of the minor powers , Denmark , Sweden , and Holland , under the able administrations of those countries , are in a very efficient state . In short , the navies of ...
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... sail and steam , also 20 ; at the same sitting it was decided that the number of corvettes should be fixed at 50 , and ... sailing transports should be suppressed ; and that , instead of them , there should be 20 steamers to serve as ...
... sail and steam , also 20 ; at the same sitting it was decided that the number of corvettes should be fixed at 50 , and ... sailing transports should be suppressed ; and that , instead of them , there should be 20 steamers to serve as ...
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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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