The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... port outwards , starboard home ' . About the origin of ' port ' and ' starboard ' there has been a great deal of controversy . ' Starboard ' clearly derives from ' steerboard ' , because the steering oar which preceded the tiller was on ...
... port outwards , starboard home ' . About the origin of ' port ' and ' starboard ' there has been a great deal of controversy . ' Starboard ' clearly derives from ' steerboard ' , because the steering oar which preceded the tiller was on ...
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... Ports and sail ventilators were utilized whenever weather per- mitted . To avoid damp , the lower decks were scrubbed with ... port women were allowed on board , often from the bumboats which surrounded the ships selling fruit and other ...
... Ports and sail ventilators were utilized whenever weather per- mitted . To avoid damp , the lower decks were scrubbed with ... port women were allowed on board , often from the bumboats which surrounded the ships selling fruit and other ...
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... port of London by preventing any ships passing up and down the river , something like panic reigned . The earlier mutiny of the Channel Fleet at Spithead was a comparatively harmless affair , which subsided as soon as Howe , ' the ...
... port of London by preventing any ships passing up and down the river , something like panic reigned . The earlier mutiny of the Channel Fleet at Spithead was a comparatively harmless affair , which subsided as soon as Howe , ' the ...
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