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HMS Vestal (1777), the Glossary

HMS Vestal was a 20-gun sixth-rate ''Sphinx''-class post ship of the Royal Navy.^[1]

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1777 ships
Sphinx-class post ships

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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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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Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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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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Copper sheathing

Copper sheathing is a method for protecting the hull of a wooden vessel from attack by shipworm, barnacles and other marine growth through the use of copper plates affixed to the surface of the hull, below the waterline.

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Fitting out

Fitting out, or outfitting, is the process in shipbuilding that follows the float-out/launching of a vessel and precedes sea trials.

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Forecastle

The forecastle (contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.

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Gale

A gale is a strong wind; the word is typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts.

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Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea).

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HMNB Devonport

His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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HMS Camilla (1776)

HMS Camilla was a Royal Navy 20-gun ''Sphinx''-class post ship. HMS Vestal (1777) and HMS Camilla (1776) are Sphinx-class post ships.

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HMS Pegasus (1776)

HMS Pegasus was a 14-gun ship sloop of the, launched on 27 December 1776.

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John Henslow (Surveyor of the Navy)

Sir John Henslow (9 October 1730 – 22 September 1815) was a Surveyor to the Navy in the British (Royal Navy), a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806.

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John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral John Montagu (1719–1795) was an English naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland.

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John Thomas Serres

John Thomas Serres (December 1759 – 28 December 1825) was an English maritime painter who enjoyed significant success, including exhibiting extensively at the Royal Academy, and was for a time Maritime Painter to King George III.

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John Williams (Surveyor of the Navy)

Sir John Williams (1700–c.1784) was a British shipbuilder and designer who rose to be Surveyor of the Navy, the highest position in British naval architecture.

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Keel

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

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Long gun

A long gun is a category of firearms with long barrels.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.

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Newfoundland Station

The Newfoundland Station was a formation or command of, first, the Kingdom of Great Britain and, then, of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Post ship

Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the second half of the 18th century and the Napoleonic Wars to describe a sixth-rate ship (see rating system of the Royal Navy) that was smaller than a frigate (in practice, carrying fewer than 28 guns), but by virtue of being a rated ship (with at least 20 guns), had to have as its captain a post captain rather than a lieutenant or commander.

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Quarterdeck

The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship.

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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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Royal Navy Dockyard

Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted.

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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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Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.

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Sixth-rate

In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and sometimes without.

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Sloop-of-war

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.

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Sphinx-class post ship

The Sphinx-class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten post ships built to a 1773 design by John Williams. HMS Vestal (1777) and Sphinx-class post ship are Sphinx-class post ships.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St.

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Surveyor of the Navy

The Surveyor of the Navy also known as Department of the Surveyor of the Navy and originally known as Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy was a former principal commissioner and member of both the Navy Board from the inauguration of that body in 1546 until its abolition in 1832 and then a member Board of Admiralty from 1848 to 1859.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vestal_(1777)

HMS Vestal (1777), the Glossary

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See also

1777 ships

Sphinx-class post ships

References