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The Age of Sail is a period that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships...- had to discover the pattern of winds and currents that would carry them where they wanted to go. During the Age of Sail winds and currents determined...
- Naval artillery in the Age of Sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571–1862: when large, sail-powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas...
- Age of Sail II (Russian: Век Парусников II) is a 2001 computer wargame developed by Akella. It is the sequel to Age of Sail. It has similar historically...
- Age of Sail is a 1996 naval combat computer wargame developed and published by TalonSoft. The game covered the naval campaigns of the French Revolutionary...
Naval artillery (redirect from Cannons in the Age of Sail)London, 1987; Nov, 1989, "Introducing the Carronade". Age Of Sail · Life at sea during the age of wooden ships and iron men. 22 February 2009. Archived...
The Age of Discovery also known as the Age of Exploration, part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, was a period...
The Age of Sail Heritage Centre (also known as the Age of Sail Heritage Museum) is a museum and heritage centre at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada....
Sailing ship (redirect from Sail ship)Sail plans A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety...- Warships in the Age of Sail is a series of four books by maritime historian Rif Winfield comprising a historical reference work providing details of all recorded...
- vessel is moving under its own power. man-of-war A warship from the Age of Sail. man overboard 1. An emergency call that alerts the crew that someone...
Sailing ship tactics (redirect from Naval tactics in the age of sail)means of decisive victory. Naval tactics in the Age of Sail were primarily determined by the sailing and fighting qualities of the sailing warships of the...
Cape Route (section Use during Age of Sail)route was important during the Age of Sail, but became partly obsolete as the Suez Canal opened in 1869. Scholars of classical antiquity disagreed whether...- aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward. On a square-rigged ship, any of the square...
Ship's boat (section Age of sail)technology has changed. In the age of sail, especially for warships, an important role was the collection of drinking water. The use of radio, followed by telex...
Sailing (redirect from Sail navigation)sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century...
Galleon (category Military history of Spain)18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s. Galleons generally...
Frigate (category Ship designs of the Dutch Republic)hardest-worked of warship types during the Age of Sail. While smaller than a ship-of-the-line, they were formidable opponents for the large numbers of sloops...
pressure of crosswind, the lee side will be the "lower side". During the Age of Sail, the term weather was used as a synonym for windward in some contexts...
Capital ship (section Age of Sail)during the Age of Sail was generally understood as a ship that conformed to the Royal Navy's rating system of a ship of the line as being of the first...
- English Wikipedia has an article on: Age of Sail Wikipedia the Age of Sail (historical) A period that lasted from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th
- Never weather-beaten sail by Thomas Campion 2546516Never weather-beaten sailThomas Campion Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. Never
- guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of Sail. Villain, art thou the son of Tamburlaine, And fear’st to die, or with a curtle-axe
- hitch, is often considered one of the most essential knots. The name has an earlier meaning, dating to the age of sail. On a square-rigged ship, a bowline