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51HMS Polyphemus (1881) — The third HMS Polyphemus was a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow draft, fast, low profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbours at speed and sink anchored ships. [cite book|title=War at Sea in the… …
52Cranes in TUGS — The children s television series Tugs main characters, as the title suggests, were tugboats. However, a number of the minor characters were cranes, seen helping out around the port. These characters, with the notable exception of Jack, did not… …
53USS Zouave (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was needed by the Navy to be part of the fleet of ships to prevent blockade runners from entering ports in the Confederacy. Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockade Zouave …
54Aurora's drift — refers to the Antarctic expedition ship SY Aurora , and its drift in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean pack ice for a period of 282 days from 7 May 1915 to 12 February 1916. Aurora had brought the Ross Sea party mdash;a support team for Sir Ernest… …
55USS Barnegat (SP-1232) — was a commercial tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was armed with a 3 inch gun and sent to Brest, France, to perform towing services for Allied ships. Post war, she returned to the United States, was decommissioned, and… …
56John Sherburne Sleeper — Infobox Officeholder name =John Sherburne Sleeper imagesize = small caption = order =6th office =Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts term start =1856 term end =1858 predecessor =James Ritchie successor =Theodore Otis state = Massachusetts state… …
57cable — cablelike, adj. /kay beuhl/, n., v., cabled, cabling. n. 1. a heavy, strong rope. 2. a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges. 3. a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a… …
58rope — roper, n. ropelike, adj. /rohp/, n., v., roped, roping. n. 1. a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material. 2. a lasso. 3. ropes, a. the cords used to… …
59Smollett, Tobias — ▪ Scottish novelist in full Tobias George Smollett baptized March 19, 1721, Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scot. died Sept. 17, 1771, near Livorno, Tuscany [Italy] Scottish satirical novelist, best known for his picaresque novels (picaresque novel) …
60kedge — 1. verb /kɛdʒ/ a) To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it. ...there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north easterly direction which the ship could not… …
