| The Ships Ok, let's face it, H. Hornblower would have never gone anywhere without ships (pun intended). They are a major part of the series and arguably a big part of the cast, so I have decided to make pages dedicated to them. |
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| The Grand Turk/The Indefatigable The Julia/The Caroline The Renown The Hotspur Back to Port Cutter: (1) One-masted vessel rigged with a gaff mainsail, topsail, headsails and usually a square topsail. (2) Short ship's boat. Flagship: Ship carrying an admiral, and therefore his flag. Frigate: Fifth or Sixth "rate" ship (ships were rated by the number of cannon they carried), most often with 32-38 cannon. Everyone but the captain lived on the unarmed "gundeck" at the waterline. Longboat: Largest of a ship's boats. Pinnance: Eight-oared ship's boat. Privateer: Privately-owned ship of war, licensed by letter of marque (from the Lord High Admiral) to carry arms against a named enemy nation to their owners' profit. Ship: Exclusively a square-rigged vessel with three (later, more) articulated masts. Ship-of-the-line: Also known as a line-of-battle ship. A man-of-war large enough to lie in the line of battle. By the 1790s, this meant in practice ships from the first to third rate. Sloop: (1) Any naval vessel commanded by a Commander, usually a small ship with 12-20 cannon. (2) A small, one-masted fore-and-aft Tender: An auxiliary vessel or boat |