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HMS Merlin (1838), the Glossary

Index HMS Merlin (1838)

HMS Merlin was the name ship of her class of three 2-gun paddle packet boats built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Baltic Sea, Beam (nautical), Builder's Old Measurement, Carronade, Ceremonial ship launching, Gun deck, Gunboat, Hold (compartment), Horsepower, Irish Sea, James Wilson Carmichael, Keel, Keel laying, Lead ship, Liverpool, Marine steam engine, Mediterranean Sea, Merlin-class packet boat, Packet boat, Paddle steamer, Paddle wheel, Pembroke Dockyard, Royal Navy, Ship commissioning, Survey vessel, Tonnage, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Wales, West Africa Squadron.

  2. 1838 ships
  3. Merlin-class packet boat

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Builder's Old Measurement

Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship.

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast-iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy.

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Ceremonial ship launching

Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.

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Gun deck

The term gun deck used to refer to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides.

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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Hold (compartment)

View of the hold of a container ship A ship's hold or cargo hold is a space for carrying cargo in the ship's compartment.

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Horsepower

Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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James Wilson Carmichael

James John Wilson Carmichael (9 June 1800 – 1868), also known as John Carmichael was a British marine painter.

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Keel

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.

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Keel laying

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.

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Lead ship

The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships that are all constructed according to the same general design.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Marine steam engine

A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Merlin-class packet boat

The Merlin-class packet boat of 1838 was a Sir William Symonds (the Surveyor of the Navy) design that was approved on 2 April 1838. HMS Merlin (1838) and Merlin-class packet boat are ships built in Pembroke Dock.

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Packet boat

Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven.

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Paddle steamer

A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.

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Paddle wheel

A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel.

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Pembroke Dockyard

Pembroke Dockyard, originally called Pater Yard, is a former Royal Navy Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Survey vessel

A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction.

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Tonnage

Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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West Africa Squadron

The West Africa Squadron, also known as the Preventative Squadron, was a squadron of the British Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa.

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See also

1838 ships

Merlin-class packet boat

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Merlin_(1838)