The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 17Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1848 - Naval art and science |
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... Passed masters and mates , 608 . Patent preserved potato , 691 . Piracy , murder , and shipwreck of the General Wood , 550 . Porto Santo , 623 . Portuguese Navy , 322 . Pumps at sea , 318 . Pursuit and capture of CONTENTS TO VOL . FOR ...
... Passed masters and mates , 608 . Patent preserved potato , 691 . Piracy , murder , and shipwreck of the General Wood , 550 . Porto Santo , 623 . Portuguese Navy , 322 . Pumps at sea , 318 . Pursuit and capture of CONTENTS TO VOL . FOR ...
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... passed over without notice , I mean the frequency of shipwreck around the shores of the United Kingdom . The Appendix to this Report contains long lists of wrecks off Dunbar , Peterhead , and elsewhere , along the east coast of Scotland ...
... passed over without notice , I mean the frequency of shipwreck around the shores of the United Kingdom . The Appendix to this Report contains long lists of wrecks off Dunbar , Peterhead , and elsewhere , along the east coast of Scotland ...
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... passed through Parliament free of expense , as Highway Bills now are . But a better plan for the encouragement of the erection of piers and har- bours would be to authorize the Board of Admiralty ; after due investiga- tion under the ...
... passed through Parliament free of expense , as Highway Bills now are . But a better plan for the encouragement of the erection of piers and har- bours would be to authorize the Board of Admiralty ; after due investiga- tion under the ...
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... passed and obtained the required certificate . Their names have , from time to time been transferred to our pages . The examination is certainly not compulsory , yet we could wish that all who are destined to hold any important command ...
... passed and obtained the required certificate . Their names have , from time to time been transferred to our pages . The examination is certainly not compulsory , yet we could wish that all who are destined to hold any important command ...
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... passed in the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and intituled " An Act to reunite the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada , and for the government of Canada ; " and it is hereby enacted by the authority of ...
... passed in the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and intituled " An Act to reunite the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada , and for the government of Canada ; " and it is hereby enacted by the authority of ...
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appears beach beacons bearing boat brig British buoys Cape Capt Captain cause channel charts Cheribon cliffs coast of Africa Commander course crew danger Devonport direction distance east eastward examination fathoms feet frigate Funchal gale Galita Gulf of Mexico harbour head houses hurricane island land latitude Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool London Machico Majesty's mariners master Maulmain merchant miles Nautical navigation Navy nearly night Ningpo northward observed ocean officers passed Ponta port Portsmouth Rear Admiral reef remarkable river rocks rocky round Royal sail sand seamen seen ship shoal shore side Sir James Ross Skerryvore southward steamer storm stream SW SW tide tion tons 2nd tons as mate tons London trade wind Trinity House Uitenhage vessels Victualling voyage weather westward whilst Woolwich wreck yards
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Page 435 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 129 - When I consider the season of the year, the hard gales on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast they were on, I can boldly affirm that all that could possibly be done has been done.
Page 44 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 435 - On the starboard s'ide, a green light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass...
Page 262 - PRESENT, The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled " An Act to make further provision, for one year, " and to the end of the then next session of Par...
Page 55 - Jan. 1 1. [The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Alfred Tennyson, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 664 - I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea-serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. " Finally, I deny the existence of excitement or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and I leave them as data whereupon the learned and scientific may...
Page 43 - ... without having the permission of the master or person in charge of such ship, he shall be liable to forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of five pounds.
Page 38 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 44 - ... justice, either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six...