Screw sloop
Screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, ...
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Sloop   (translated from German)
Sloop This article treats Sloop in the English navy, for the type ... boat and/or. the Takelungsart see Slup . Sloop was in that English navy in 18 ... contents Emergence and meaning of the designation "Sloop" The warship designation "Sloop" has its origin in the of ...
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Sloop-of-war
Sloop-of-war USS Constellation, a United States Navy sloop-of-war. French steam corvette Dupleix (1856 ... earlier part of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a small sailing warship ... between ten and eighteen cannons. A brig sloop had two masts and a ship sloop had three (since a brig is ...
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy Ships of ... This is a list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. Corvette classes 19th century screw corvettes Jason class — 6 ships, 1859–1863 ... 1939–1945 Castle class — 44 ships, 1943–1944 Sloop classes 19th century and World War I ...
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Battle of Mobile Bay
... Union Navy 14 wooden ships: USS Brooklyn (screw sloop) USS Octorara (981-ton "double-ender" side-wheel gunboat) USS Hartford (2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) USS Metacomet (1173-ton ... class "double-ender" steam gunboat) USS Richmond (screw sloop) USS Port Royal (sidewheel steamer ...
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Propeller
... in a manner analogous to rotating a screw through a solid. However, the blades of ... History The principle employed in using a screw propeller is used in single oar sculling ... effective angle. The innovation introduced with the screw propeller was the extension of that arc ... to balance the forces involved. The first screw propeller to be added to an engine ... it with his steam engine although the screw propeller's origins can be traced ...
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USS Wyoming (1859)
... United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during ... be up to another Union warship, the sloop Kearsarge, to destroy the elusive Confederate raider ... Comdr. McDougal called all hands; and the sloop got underway 15 minutes later, bound for ... Kong, to the East Indies. When the sloop-of-war reached Batavia, however, Comdr. ...
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Propeller (Engineering wiki)
... in a manner analogous to rotating a screw though a solid. However, the blades of ... generally credited with applying the very first screw propeller to an engine, an early steam ... idea of engine propulsion utilising a hydrodynamic screw was born. If we ignore the mechanics ... Robert Fulton had tested, and rejected, the screw-propeller. Sketch of hand-cranked vertical and ... used in Bushnell's Turtle, 1775 The screw-propeller (as opposed to paddle-wheels) ...
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Sail-plan
... a rope. Customarily, a shackle has a screw-in pin which often is so tight ... unscrew it. A snap-shackle doesn't screw, and can be released by hand, but ... Standard plans Some standard sail plans are: sloop a single jib or staysail and a ... purchase block-and-tackles. cutter, Like a sloop with two jibs in front. Better than a sloop for light winds. It's easier ...
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Battle of Lissa (1866)
... the 3rd Division consisted of the smaller screw gunboats and armed merchants. The merchant cruiser ... suffering heavy fire they held together. The screw frigate Novara was hit 47 times, and ... into battle, deciding to ram the unarmoured screw battleship Kaiser rather than one of the ... steam warships Kaiser (squadron flag, 2-decker screw battleship, 5811t, 2-24pdr ML rifles, 16 ... 74-30pdr SB, unarmoured, 11.5kts) Novara (screw frigate, 2615t, 4-60pdr shell, 28- ...
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