On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... attacked.a Naval officers of the old school , when ships were the slaves of the wind , may at first sight be disposed ... attack , or repulse an enemy in a manner hitherto unknown in naval actions ; that an admiral by keeping his ships ...
... attacked.a Naval officers of the old school , when ships were the slaves of the wind , may at first sight be disposed ... attack , or repulse an enemy in a manner hitherto unknown in naval actions ; that an admiral by keeping his ships ...
Seite 94
... attack upon , or any movement towards , the enemy . 113. A fleet ranged thus might sail , with the wind , suppose at north , on any course from E.N.E. round by the south , and from thence haul up to W.N.W .; but here the use of the sail ...
... attack upon , or any movement towards , the enemy . 113. A fleet ranged thus might sail , with the wind , suppose at north , on any course from E.N.E. round by the south , and from thence haul up to W.N.W .; but here the use of the sail ...
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... attack or defence . So associated , two vessels , with less expendi- ture in men and material , will , by the reciprocal de- fence which they may afford each other , and by their power of rapidly changing their positions as circum ...
... attack or defence . So associated , two vessels , with less expendi- ture in men and material , will , by the reciprocal de- fence which they may afford each other , and by their power of rapidly changing their positions as circum ...
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... attacking or attacked . If the obliquity of the ships to the line of bearing be less than forty - five degrees , the flanking fires from the bow - guns will be too close to the vessel flanked to be safe ; if greater , they will be too ...
... attacking or attacked . If the obliquity of the ships to the line of bearing be less than forty - five degrees , the flanking fires from the bow - guns will be too close to the vessel flanked to be safe ; if greater , they will be too ...
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... attacking it in front : this may be the case when it is required to defend a strait of the sea . If the position be on the wide ocean , and the enemy , declining to attack in front the fleet which is on the defensive , should move ...
... attacking it in front : this may be the case when it is required to defend a strait of the sea . If the position be on the wide ocean , and the enemy , declining to attack in front the fleet which is on the defensive , should move ...
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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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