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HMS Woolwich (1785), the Glossary

Index HMS Woolwich (1785)

HMS Woolwich was an ''Adventure''-class frigate launched in 1784.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 44 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Adventure-class ship, Anse La Raye, £sd, Barbuda, British invasions of the River Plate, Builder's Old Measurement, Bursledon, Carronade, Channel Fleet, Choc Bay, Combat stores ship, Dominica, East Indiaman, En flûte, Forecastle, Fort-de-France, Francis Beaufort, French brig Friedland (1807), French ship La Bienvenue (1788), Great Lakes, Hired armed vessels, Home Riggs Popham, Hugh Cloberry Christian, Hydrographic survey, James Lucas Yeo, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Leeward Islands, Lloyd's List, Madeira, National Maritime Museum, Naval General Service Medal (1847), Packet boat, Packet trade, Penny, Post-captain, Quarterdeck, Ralph Abercromby, Río de la Plata, Reserve fleet, Rolla (1805 ship), Saint Lucia, Shilling, William Charles Fahie.

  2. Ships built on the River Hamble
  3. Storeships of the Royal Navy

Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Adventure-class ship

The Adventure-class ship was a class of eight 44-gun sailing two-decker warships of the Royal Navy, classed as a fifth rate like a frigate, but carrying two complete decks of guns, a lower battery of 18-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders.

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Anse La Raye

Anse La Raye or Anse-La-Raye is the largest town and seat of the Anse la Raye District of Saint Lucia.

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£sd

Rochester illustrates the conversion between pence and shillings and shillings and pounds. Old till in Ireland, with "shortcut" keys in various £sd denominations (lower numbers) and their "new pence" equivalent (upper numbers) Toy coin, which teaches children the value of a shilling £sd (occasionally written Lsd), spoken as "pounds, shillings and pence", is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe.

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Barbuda

Barbuda is an island and dependency located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the twin-island state of Antigua and Barbuda as an autonomous entity.

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British invasions of the River Plate

The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay.

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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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Bursledon

Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England.

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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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Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1854 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.

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Choc Bay

Choc Bay is a bay in Gros Islet Quarter on the island nation of Saint Lucia; it is along the northwestern coast of the island.

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Combat stores ship

Combat stores ships, or storeships, are ships used to store naval supplies.

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Dominica

Dominica (or; Dominican Creole French: Dominik; Kalinago: Waitukubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean.

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East Indiaman

East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries.

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En flûte

En flûte (French: "as a fluyt") is a French naval expression of the Age of Sail to designate the use of a warship as a transport with reduced armament.

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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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Fort-de-France

Fort-de-France (Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean.

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Francis Beaufort

Sir Francis Beaufort (27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and a naval officer.

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French brig Friedland (1807)

Friedland was the name-ship of her class of French Illyrien or ''Friedland''-class brig.

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French ship La Bienvenue (1788)

La Bienvenue was a 20-gun French warship launched at Le Havre in 1788 that made several changes in ownership and name during military conflict with the British.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

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Hired armed vessels

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Royal Navy made use of a considerable number of hired armed vessels.

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Home Riggs Popham

Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH (12 October 1762 – 20 September 1820), was a Royal Navy commander who saw service against the French during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Hugh Cloberry Christian

Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian KB (1747 – 23 November 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Hydrographic survey

Hydrographic survey is the science of measurement and description of features which affect maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore wind farms, offshore oil exploration and drilling and related activities.

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James Lucas Yeo

Sir James Lucas Yeo,, (7 October 1782 – 21 August 1818) was a British naval commander who served in the War of 1812.

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John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer.

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Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Lloyd's List

Lloyd's List is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734.

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Madeira

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.

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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London.

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The Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) was a campaign medal approved in 1847, and issued to officers and men of the Royal Navy in 1849.

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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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Packet trade

Generally, packet trade is any regularly scheduled cargo, passenger and mail trade conducted by boat or ship.

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Penny

A penny is a coin (pennies) or a unit of currency (pence) in various countries.

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Post-captain

Post-captain, post captain, or postcaptain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.

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Quarterdeck

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

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Ralph Abercromby

Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, (7 October 173428 March 1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician.

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Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata, also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.

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Reserve fleet

A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully decommissioned.

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Rolla (1805 ship)

Rolla was a French brig launched in 1801 or 1803 (records differ), that came into British hands in 1804.

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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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William Charles Fahie

Vice-Admiral Sir William Charles Fahie KCB (1763 – 11 January 1833) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.

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See also

Ships built on the River Hamble

Storeships of the Royal Navy

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Woolwich_(1785)