Glossary
Terms and expressions which have been explained in the text of this manual are not included here unless they have other meanings or interpretations Slang terms, and proper terms with a slang version, are printed in italics References to terms not included in this glossary may be found in the index of this volume, or in the indexes of Volumes If and IT
A.1—first class, the best The highest classification at Lloyd’s of a vessel’s seaworthiness (The letter refers to the hull and the number to the equipment.)
A.B.—able-bodied seaman It denotes a man who is technically qualified and fit to carry out a seaman’s duties, both aloft and on deck
Adrift—absent, late for muster or an appointment Anoy!—the seaman’s hail to call attention
All at sea—confused, at a loss
ALL STANDING—to bring up any thing or person all standing is to bring it or him to a sudden and unexpected stop
AMAIN—suddenly
Andrew Miller, or the Andrew—the Royal Navy Andrew Miller was a zealous press-gang officer who impressed so many men into the King’s Naval Service during the Napoleonic wars that he was said to own the Royal Navy
ARISINGS—pieces of material or metal left over from a job which are of value They are collected and may be sold, melted or made up again
A’s AND A’s—alterations and additions to the structure, rigging and equipment of a warship
ATHWART—across, as in ‘athwart the hawse’, ‘athwart the tide’ AwasuH—level with the surface of the sea
BAGGYWRINKLE—the service on standing or running rigging to prevent chafing where one rope crosses another (See ‘bolster’ and ‘scotchman’.) Bar—a shoal or spit formed by the action of the tides at the mouth of ariver or
harbour
Bare navy—members of a mess are said to live on ‘bare navy’ when they feed solely on Service rations
BARE POLES—a sailing vessel is said to be under bare poles when she is under-way and has no sails set
BARGE—a cargo-carrying coastal sailing vessel In the Royal Navy, the boat of a Flag Officer
Barrack stanchion——a man who has served for a long period in a Naval barracks or shore establishment
Trang 2BARRATRY—fraudulent claim for compensation, as when a ship is deliberately wrecked or scuttled (which see) to obtain her insurance money
BARREL—a measurement of volume for liquids particularly in the petroleum industry; one barrel equals 0.152 cubic metres
BATTEN DOWN—to close all openings in the weather decks or superstructure of a ship, or to close all openings in one of her compartments
Beach, on the beach—retired from sea service (See swallow the anchor.) BEAM ENDS—a ship is said to be on her beam ends when she is lying over on
her side, with her beams and decks perpendicular The expression is used colloquially to describe a precarious position
BEAR A HAND—an order to hasten, or to do something smartly, quickly BELAY—colloquially, to countermand an order (See wash out.)
BELOW THERE!—a hail from a man aloft to anyone below him
BERTH—the allotted place or position for a ship or a man ‘To give a wide berth’ is to keep well clear of anything “To shift berth’ is to change position
BETWEEN-DECKS—a general term applied to the space or the decks between the upper deck and the lowest deck of a ship
Bilge—rubbish, nonsense
BILL—a certificate or a written agreement, such as a ‘Bill of Health’, ‘Bill of Lading’ or ‘Bill of Exchange’
BITTER END—the inboard length of a ship’s cable (The cables of ships at anchor used to be belayed to specially fitted centre-line bollards called ‘bitts’.)
BLEED—to drain a buoy of water To bleed the monkey—to extract the contents of a rum barricoe by boring a small hole in it
BLOCK-AND-BLOCK, TWO-BLOCKS—these terms describe the state of a tackle when its standing and moving blocks are hauled close together Collo- quially they are used to describe the position of two objects which are close together (See ‘chock-a-block’.)
BLOW THE GAFF—to divulge information you have learnt confidentially, to give away a secret Its origin probably lies in a ship revealing her identity by hoisting her colours at the peak of her gaff,
BLUE-JACKET—a seaman of the Royal Navy (from the short blue jacket he used to wear)
BLUFF—a headland with a broad, perpendicular face Hence, ‘bluff-bowed’—a ship with broad, perpendicular bows
Trang 3shipped (the right-hand side when in the ship or boat and facing forward); ‘larboard’—the opposite side to starboard, over or through which the cargo was embarked or disembarked (originally spelt ‘ladeboard’)
(2)—the distance made good by a sailing vessel between two successive tacks when beating to windward
BossTAY—properly the stay leading down from the nose of a sailing vessel’s bowsprit to her stem near the waterline, but also applied to any stay used in a similar fashion (See ‘martingale’.)
BOLSTER—a pad or cushion of canvas or leather used to prevent chafe between ropes, or a piece of wood or metal used to give a fair lead to, or prevent a bad nip in, a rope (See ‘scotechman’ and ‘baggywrinkle’.)
Bone—to scrounge, pilfer or steal (Derived from a boatswain of that name who served in the flagship of Admiral Cornwallis and was notorious for acquiring ship’s stores from other ships to make good deficits or provide a surplus in his own ship When the boatswain was leaving the ship the Admiral is said to have remarked, ‘I trust, Mr Bone, you willleave me my bower anchors’.)
BONNET—any small cover or hood, of canvas or metal, used to cover or protect a small fitting or opening
BOOMKIN, BUMPKIN-——a small boom
Boot-TopPpING—properly the operation of scraping marine growths from the waterline, but also the name for the painted band, one to one-and-a-half metres wide in a large ship, extending from stem to stern of the ship along her waterline; the paint is usually of a different colour from that of the sides and bottom, and is of special composition designed to prevent the growth of marine organisms, which otherwise always form between wind and water
Bottle—a reproof or admonishment (contracted from a dose from the foretop - man’s bottle, which was a cure for all evils)
BoTTOMRY—a system of pledging the hull of a ship as security for a loan BOUND (1)—restrained, tied, fettered, as in ‘weather-bound’, ‘wind-bound’,
` *“tiđe-bound”; and ‘iron-bound coast’ used to describe a rocky and dangerous coast with no shelter
(2)—ready to go to a destination, or on the way to a destination, as in
‘outward bound’, ‘homeward bound’ ,
BowsE—to haul on a rope; ‘bowse down’—to tauten a rope or a lashing
BREAK BULK—to start unloading a full hold
Break surface—to wake up or come to life (has its origin in a submarine ‘breaking surface’ after being submerged)
Brick——a gun projectile or shell
BRIGHT-WORK—polished metal fittings
BROACH—to break into, or open for the first time, a cask, package or similar receptacle
Trang 4BROKEN WATER—surf caused by breaking waves
Bull a cask—formerly the practice of putting a small quantity of water in an empty rum cask and leaving it until it became grog
Bullocks—the name formerly given to men of the Royal Marine Artillery because of their magnificent physique (See jollies, turkeys, pongos and grabbies.)
BULLROPE—a rope led from the ring of a buoy to the nose of the bowsprit of a sailing vessel, or to the stem head of a clipper-bowed ship, to prevent the buoy from bumping the bows at slack water
BULLSEYE (1)—a light built into a bulkhead between adjacent compartments so that it illuminates both
(2)—a thimble made of hardwood and usually inserted in the end of a lizard, or used as a small leading block (See ‘deadeye’.)
BUM-BOAT—a shore boat carrying fresh provisions or small merchandise for sale to ships in a harbour ‘Bum-boatman’—the owner of such a boat, or of her stock in trade
Bundleman—a married man (Originates from the days when men could buy ship’s provisions for their families, and the married man could then be distinguished when going ashore by the bundle of provisions he carried.) BUNT—the belly of a sail and the middle of a yard
Bunts—a signalman (derived from bunting)
BURDEN—the carrying capacity of a merchant vessel expressed in tons of cubic capacity, i.e the net register tonnage
Burgoo—the seaman’s name for oatmeal porridge
BUTT-END—the largest end of a spar or any similarly shaped object Buzz—rumour (See galley-packet.)
BY-AND-LARGE—under all conditions, generally speaking (Derived from the sailing terms ‘by the wind’ meaning close-hauled, and ‘sailing large’ meaning running or sailing free.) (See ‘large’.)
By THE HEAD—a vessel trimmed more deeply forward than aft By THE STERN—a vessel trimmed more deeply aft than forward Cag—to discuss, to argue
CAMEL—a tank secured to the hull of a ship to provide her with extra buoyancy, used mainly in salvage work
CANT—1to incline from the perpendicular
CAPFUL OF WIND—a puff of wind on a calm day, but of sufficient strength to
fill a vessel’s sails (See ‘catspaw’.)
CaAPsIzE—to overturn, to turn bottom upwards CARRY AWAY—-to break away, or to part
CAST—to pay a vessel’s head off on a course, or on a new tack
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CaTspAw—a light puff of wind on a calm day, just strong enough to ruffle the surface of the water; usually the forerunner of a sailing breeze
CAULK—to drive oakum or other similar caulking material into the seams of planking to make them watertight; after caulking the seams are ‘paid’ by pouring molten pitch into them to preserve the caulking Also, collo- quially, to le down and snatch some sleep, which has its origin in the fact
that a man who had just taken a caulk on a hot deck could be identified by
the marks of pitch on his clothing
Charlie Noble—the funnel of a galley or a stove when sheathed in brass and polished
CHATHAM CHEST—a fund established by Queen Elizabeth I, after the Armada, for the care of wounded and infirm seamen It was supported by contributions from the men, which were kept in a special chest at Chatham This chest is now in the National Maritime Museum, Green- wich
Chats—Chatham, _
Chippy chap—shipwright
CHOCK-A-BLOCK—full up (from ‘choking’ the luff of a block) Chock-a-block and chocker—slang terms for bored or ‘fed up’
CHOKED—a block is said to be choked if its fall jams in the swallow ‘To choke the luff’ is to choke the block of a tackle by leading the bight of the hauling part across the swallow of the block and jamming it between the swallow and the hauling parts, thus preventing the tackle from overhauling CHOPPY SEA—a short, steep and usually confused sea
CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL—the entrance to the English Channel (derived from ‘chap’ or ‘chop’, meaning jaws)
Chummy ships—ships whose respective officers and men are on particularly friendly terms
CLAP ON-—~an order to man a fall or a halyard To attach one tackle to another or to a rope
CLENCH, CLINCH (1)—to join a rope to a fitting or to another rope by a half hitch with the end seized to its own part This method was formerly used to join one end of aship’s hempen cable to her anchor, and the other end to the housing of her mainmast A ‘clench’, nowadays, is a strong fitting securely attached to a deck or the hull structure, to which the end of a cable or hawser is shackled A cable or rope is said to be ‘out to a clinch’ when it has all run out, or been paid out, but its end is secured inboard (2)—to fasten two pieces of wood together by driving nails through both and turning their ends over (as in ‘clinker’-, or ‘clencher’-, built boats), or to hammer over the end of a bolt to prevent it from withdrawing from its hole (as in a ‘clenched shackle’)
CLEAN (1)—to dress in the ‘rig’ (suit of clothing ordéred), or to change from night clothing or working rig into a clean rig
Trang 6CLEAR (1)—good visibility, as in ‘clear weather’, or as in a ‘clear sky’, meaning that it is cloudless; free from shipping or obstructions, as in ‘clear horizon’ and ‘clear channel’
(2)—to free, the reverse of to foul (which see); to make free (a rope clear for running, to clear a block); to put in order, to tidy (to clear up decks); to pass an obstruction safely (to clear a point of land); to empty (to clear a hold or a lighter); to pay port or Customs dues and complete port formalities (to clear quarantine, or to clear Customs)
COASTER—a vessel which plies between the harbours of a particular coast or adjacent coasts, usually in pilotage waters and seldom out of sight of land A’COCK-BILL—an anchor is said to be a’cock-bill when it is hung up-and- down, ready for letting go Yards are said to be a’cock-bill when they are
topped at an angle with the horizontal (See ‘scandalise’.)
COME UP!—an order to slack off rope
COME UP WITH A VESSEL—to overtake her
COMMANDER—a large mallet used in rigging work, or a hammer or specially shaped striker stowed adjacent to an important slip to ensure there is always an implement available to release the slip
COMPANION LADDER—a ladder or staircase leading from the poop or upper deck of a merchant ship to the saloon or main cabin
COMPLAIN—a block is said to complain when its sheave squeaks
Copper -bottomed—well found, reputable (The bottoms of wooden ships were sheathed with copper to protect them from marine parasites; but, being very expensive, this was done only to ships whose owners were of substance and repute.)
CRraAB—a small hand capstan
CRACK ON—to set more sail, to increase speed
CRANK—a ship is said to be crank when she heels readily to one side or the other and returns sluggishly to the upright (See ‘tender’ and ‘stiff’.) CREEPER—grapnel (which see) used for sweeping or dragging for objects lost
overboard (See ‘drag’ and ‘sweep’.)
CROWFOOT, CROW’S FOOT—three or more lines or small ropes radiating from the end of a whip or pendant, so that its support or pull is spread and divided between them The lines are kept apart by an ‘euphroe’ (which see)
CROW’S NEST—a small shelter for the masthead lookout Crusher-——_a member of the ship’s police
Cuppy—the Master’s cabin in sailing vessels, and the slang term for the Admiral’s or Captain’s cabin
Cut and run—to escape or quit (Derived from the days when a ship cut her hemp cable and left her anchor on the bottom to enable her to put to sea quickly in emergency; also, in similar circumstances, when she set her sails by cutting their gaskets, so unfurling them at the run.)
Trang 7CUT OF HER (OR HIS) JiB—the general appearance of a ship or person Davy JONES’S LOCKER—bottom of the sea The origin of the term is obscure,
but it may have originated in a pirate of that name who made his prisoners walk the plank
D.D.—the letters inserted in the ship’s ledger against the name of a deceased officer or man to denote the closing of his account and signifying that he has been ‘discharged dead’
DEADEYE—a block of hardwood with one or more holes drilled in it to take a rope or ropes or the fall of a simple purchase; the earliest form of block Now used for standing rigging only
Dead marine—an empty bottle, which ‘has done its duty and is ready to do it again’
Dead men-—stray ropes’ ends hanging from aloft (See Irish pendant and hanging Judas.)
£EP (1)—-a depression in the sea bed
(2)——-the intervening metres between the marked metres on a lead line, e.g ‘Deep six’,
DEMURRAGE—the time, and its financial compensation, which a merchant vessel is delayed in port beyond the lay time (which see)
DERELICT—a ship afloat but abandoned by her crew
DEvIL—in wooden ships a large seam near the gunwale ‘Between the devil and the deep sea’—between the gunwale and the waterline; any precarious position
Dhobeying—washing clothes (derived from the Indian word ‘dhobey’, a washerman)
Dip—to lower partially and temporarily As slang this is used for disrating, forfeiting a good conduct badge, or failing an examination
Dirty (black)—descriptive term applied to the cargo of a tanker carrying crude oils, fuel oil and some grades of gas oil
Ditch —the sea ‘To ditch’ is to throw overboard
Dirry BOxX—a small wooden box which was issued to seamen as a receptacle for their small personal effects In 1938 it was replaced by an attaché case but this is not now issued
DIVISION—two or more warships of a squadron or a flotilla under one command (See ‘squadron’ and ‘flotilla’.)
Dodge Pompey—to evade doing a job of work
DODGER—a canvas screen laced to guardrails to provide shelter from wind or spray In the Royal Navy a slang term for a messdeck sweeper
DocG—to twist a rope round a spar or another rope to obtain a grip on it
Doggie—a midshipman detailed to attend on a senior officer
DoG-VANE—a small wind-vane of bunting secured to the weather shrouds of a sailing vessel (See ‘wind-vane’.)
Trang 8Dory—a flat-bottomed boat carried by fishing vessels
DowsE—to lower or slacken suddenly, to extinguish, ‘Dowse the glim’—to put out the light (See glim.)
DRAG—to haul a grapnel (which see) or some similar instrument along the sea bed to recover something lost (See ‘sweep’.)
Draw-——a sail is said to draw when it is filled by the wind A ship is said to draw so many metres (in draught) A ship is said to draw ahead of you if her position relative to yours advances, and to draw astern if she drops back DREDGE—to deepen a channel by excavating it
Drip—to grumble or grouse
DROwN—to drench or immerse To drown a boat is to fill her with water by removing her plug when she is afloat, and is done to swell her planks and make her seams tight
DUNNAGE—pieces of wood, matting, old rope, old canvas or similar material used to prevent cargo coming into contact with the ship’s structure or other cargo and thereby suffering damage or contamination
Easy!—go or haul carefully, slowly, or less vigorously
Eppy—a swirl in the water made by a fast-moving current passing over a rock or a hollow in the bottom; the swirl made by a current on the lee side of a rock or the buttress of a bridge, and the backwash of a current at the sides of a channel Also a circular movement of the air
END FOR END—to turn anything end for end is to reverse its position
EUPHROE OR UVROE—a circular or oblong piece of wood, bored with holes anc used to separate the parts of a crow’s foot (which see)
FaG—to separate or tease out the strands of a rope (‘fag-end’ is the very end oi! anything)
Farr—favourable, unobstructed, the reverse of ‘foul’ (which see); as in ‘fai: wind’, ‘fairlead’ and ‘fairway’
Fairweather friend—one who is a friend only for so long as it suits his own ends FAKE—a coil in a coiled rope
Fanny—a cylindrical mess tin holding nearly five litres (The introduction c tinned meat into the Navy was not popular and coincided approximatel
with the murder and dismemberment, in 1867, of a child called Fann
Adams The tins in which the meat was packed were then used as me¢ utensils throughout the Service)
FippLE—a bar of metal or wood holding a number of sheaves in line, and use chiefly for signal halyards or the halyards of wireless aerials Also, batte: Gtted over a mess table to keep the mess traps in place in rough weathe
Working a fiddle is to act dishonestly
Frr our—to rig and provide a ship with her complete equipment of gea stores and provisions
Flannel—a term describing a long-winded or meaningless speech; also apphic to nonsense or rubbish
FLAT—a flat surface shoal or bank usually close inshore, which may or may nh
Trang 9PLeet (1)—‘The fleet’ is a general name given to the Royal Navy as a whole; a fleet is a number of men-of-war under one overall command, and it can be sub-divided into squadrons, flotillas and divisions (which see)
(2)—shallow tidal waters, e.g Benfleet, Purfleet
(3)—-the span or scope of a rope or tackle; the distance to which an object can be moved in one haul by a rope or tackle ‘To fleet’ anything is to haul it along in a series of fleets, and to fleet a tackle is to overhaul a tackle which is block and block to its full scope ‘Fleet along’, ‘Fleet aft’, ‘Fleet forward’, are orders to a body of men to move carefully in the required direction
(4)—the area covered by a stage when painting a ship’s side
FPLOTILLA—formerly a number of small warships under one command but nowadays the name applied to the main grouping of ships in the Fleet FLOTSAM—floating cargo, stores or equipment, freed from a wreck or cast
overboard to lighten a ship It is the property of the owners, and if not claimed it becomes the property of the Crown (See ‘jetsam’ and ‘ligan’.) FLYING DUTCHMAN—the ghost of a sailing vessel which is said to haunt the waters off the Cape of Good Hope The sighting of it is supposed to portend disaster
FORE-AND-AFT RIG (1)—a ship rigged with fore-and-aft sails only, as in a schooner
(2)—a slang term for the dress of Royal Naval Fleet Chief and Chief Petty Officers, Petty Officers and of men not dressed as seamen (See ‘square rig’.)
FORE-FOOT—the lower end of the stem where it meets the keel
FORE-PEAK—the compartment or space between decks in the bows of a ship FORESHORE—the beach below high-water mark
FouL—entangled, obstructed, or dirty
FOUL ANCHOR—the badge of the Royal Navy, consisting of an Admiralty pattern anchor with a rope fouling its stock, shank and arms; it originated in the badge of Lord Howard of Efingham, who held office as Lord High Admiral in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
FOUNDER—+to sink
FRap—to bind with lashing; to pass a rope round a sail or over an awning to keep it from breaking loose
FREE—unobstructed, unencumbered, clear for running
FRESHEN, or FRESHEN THE NIP—to shift the position at which a rone is being chafed (by a fairlead, for example), by paying it out or hauling it in by a short length
FULL DUE—to do anything ‘for a full due’ means to do it permanently, e.g to secure a rope or a fitting ‘for a full due’
FURL—to fold up or roll up and stop a sail or an awning
Gadget or gilguyy—a small mechanical fitting or contrivance, a dodge or device GaLLEY—a single-banked, six-oared pulling boat, properly called a ‘gig’,
Trang 10Galley -packet—a rumour, usually unfounded (so-called because such rumours originated in the ship’s galley or cook-house)
GANGWAY—any recognised entrance to, or passage way or traffic route within, a ship Also used as an order or warning to make way
GARLAND-——a strop or rope sling round a mast or spar with which to lift or hoist it
Gash—-any refuse, remnants of a meal, leavings and pickings
GASKET—a stop used for lashing up a furled sail or awning
GHOSTING—a sailing vessel or boat is said to be ghosting, or ghosting along, when she is making good way in a very light breeze
GiG (see ‘galley’) Gilguy (see gadget)
GINGERBREAD-WORK—the ornate gilt carving with which the sterns of former men-of-war were decorated (The term is derived from the gingerbread sweetmeats formerly sold at fairs; they were made of treacle or honey and gilded over.)
GIRT OR GIRDED—bound A vessel is said to be girt when she is moored so tautly that she is prevented from swinging to wind or tide by fouling her cables as she swings round Also said of a tug when she is inadvertently hauled broadside on her towrope, in which position she is powerless and must slip the tow or be capsized To ‘under-gird’ is to bind the hull of a vessel with ropes or chains to strengthen it (see ‘swift’)
Glim—a light (See ‘dowse’.)
Goffer or gopher—a non-alcoholic fruit drink or mineral water Grabbies—soldiers (See pongos.)
GRAIN—the line of water ahead of a vessel along which she will pass; the opposite to ‘wake’ (which see)
GRAPNEL—a small boat’s anchor with three or four arms; used also for dragging, and for grappling a floating object ‘Grapnel-rope’ is an old term for a boat’s cable (See ‘drag’, ‘sweep’ and ‘creeper’.)
GREEN SEA—an unbroken wave A vessel is said to be ‘shipping it green’ when unbroken water is driven aboard
GroG—rum diluted with water: until 1970, when the issue of rum ceased in the Royal Navy, the regulation mixture was two parts of water to one of rum A ‘nor’-wester’ was a mixture of one part water to one of rum; the more northerly the direction, the stronger the grog Watered rum was introduced in 1740 by Admiral Vernon, who was known as ‘Old Grog’ because he habitually wore clothing made of material called grogram (See ‘tot’.)
Grog-blossom—a red nose or pimple
GROUND SWELL—a heavy swell caused by a distant storm or by one that has passed; it may also be caused by a submarine earthquake
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HALF-TIDE ROCK—a rock which uncovers at half-ebb
Hanging Judas—a fall, whip or halyard which is not properly secured aloft, or not properly belayed, or hanging loose from aloft (See dead men and Irish pendants.)
Hard tack—ship’s biscuits, which used to be very hard and tough (See soft tack.)
Harry Freeman —free of charge, a gift, or something obtained for nothing The origin of this term is obscure
HEADS—a ship’s latrines (The ‘heads’ of a sailing man-of-war were platforms on each side of the stem which were used as latrines by the men.) HEAVER—a lever, handspike
Hoc ouT—to scrub out thoroughly (A hog was a stiff brush used for scrubbing the ship’s bottom.)
HOLIDAY—a gap left in a row or line; an unpainted patch in paintwork HOLYSTONES—blocks of sandstone that were used for scrubbing decks,
so-called because their use entailed kneeling down Medium-sized holystones were called bibles, and small ones prayer books
Hookte—the nickname of any Leading Rating, derived from the single anchor he wears as a distinguishing badge
Hook -rope party—a party of men detailed to give the decks a final clear-up just before an inspection
HORSE LATITUDES—a belt of light and variable winds, between the Westerlies and the Trade Winds in the northern and southern hemi- spheres, in which sailing vessels were often becalmed for some time The
name had its origin in the middle of the nineteenth century, when
numerous horses were transported from Europe to America and the West Indies, and dead horses could often be seen floating within this belt of the North Atlantic
HULK—a vessel condemned as unfit for sea service, and used in harbour for some purpose such as a store ship or an accommodation ship
HULL A SHIP—to penetrate the hull of a ship with shot or shell
In everybody’s mess, but nobody’s watch—a phrase applied to a plausible,
work-shy man
Irish pendants—rope yarns, or stray rope’s ends hanging in the rigging, or flags with frayed flies (See dead men and hanging Judas.)
JETSAM—sunken cargo which has been cast overboard to lighten a ship If recovered it is the property of the owners, but if not claimed it is the property of the Crown (See ‘flotsam’ and ‘ligan’.)
JETTISON—to cast overboard Jew—a tailor
Jollies—Royal Marines (see bullocks and turkeys) Jonah—a bringer of bad luck
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JuRy—a prefix meaning temporary, as in ‘jury-mast’, for example, which is a mast specially made and rigged temporarily in place of a damaged one KEG—a small cask
Ki—cocoa (the origin of this term is obscure) KipD—a small tub (See ‘spitkid’.)
KILLICK—a small anchor A slang term for a Leading Rating, because he wears an anchor as a distinguishing badge
LABOUR—a ship is said to labour when she pitches and rolls heavily in rough weather
LANDFALL—first sight of land after a passage in the open sea LAND-LOCKED—surrounded by land
LARGE—a ship is sailing large when she is sailing free with the wind abaft her beam; ‘an offender at large’ is one who is not under constraint (See ‘by and large’.)
Lay Up—to take a ship out of service To twist the strands of a rope together LAY TIME—the time allocated to the charterer of a merchant vessel for the
purpose of loading or discharging cargo (See ‘demurrage’.)
LEAGUE—an obsolete sea measurement of distance equivalent to three nauti- cal miles
LEE-BOARD—a board lowered down into the water on the lee side of a sailing vessel to prevent her making lee-way when close-hauled or reaching LEE-SHORE—a shore towards which the wind is blowing
LEE-TIDE—a tidal stream running in the same direction as the wind (See ‘weather-tide’.)
LET FLY—to let go instantly; usually applied to the sheets of a sailing vessel LET RUN—to let go a rope, chain or other flexible object so that it runs out of
its own accord
LIBERTY—leave of less than 24 hours
LIGAN—sunken cargo or gear which has been cast overboard and buoyed Itis the property of the owners, but if unclaimed becomes the property of the Crown (See ‘flotsam’ and ‘jetsam’.)
Lights—an extension of the regulation time for ‘hghts out’, which may be granted on certain occasions
Lurk—to impose upon someone else’s kindness, e.g to persuade someone to take your trick or watch
Lush up—to stand treat Lush is sometimes used to mean abundant liquor, or the condition of being drunk
MAKING—tides are said to be ‘making’ during the period between neaps and springs when their height progressively increases (See ‘take-off’.)
Trang 13MARTINGALE—a stay leading from the nose of the jib-boom of a sailing vessel to her stem; in some ships it is passed through the head of a dolphin striker to give it a better downward pull on the jib-boom Any stay which prevents a boom, spar or strut from topping up (lifting higher than the rigged position) is also called a martingale (See ‘bobstay’.)
MASTER—the captain of a merchant vessel
MASTER-OF-THE-FLEET—the title accorded to the Navigating Officer in a flagship, when the Flag Officer and sta are embarked, who is charged with the navigation of the flotilla (which see) as a whole
Maties—dockyard workmen
Mess TRAPS—food utensils for a naval officers’ mess MESS UTENSILS—food utensils for a naval ratings’ mess Money for old rope—something for nothing, simple
MONKEY—a prefix meaning small, e.g ‘monkey’s island’, ‘monkey jacket’, ‘monkey boom’, ‘monkey block’
Mother Cary’s chickens—srmnall sea birds otherwise known as stormy petrels (The origin of the term is legendary; it was well known among English seamen in the days of Captain Cook.)
MUFFLE—to muffle the oars is to parcel their looms with canvas where they pass through the rowlocks or crutches to prevent them from creaking MuLcT—a fine imposed as a punishment; ‘to mulct’ is to fine
Mundungus—untidy rubbish (derived from the Spanish ‘mondongo’, meaning tripe)
Mungy—food (derived from the French ‘manger’, to eat) MuU2zZLER—a gale blowing from right ahead
NEAPED OR BENEAPED—a vessel which cannot leave harbour except at spring tides is said to be neaped; the term also describes a vessel grounded at the height of a spring tide which cannot be refloated until the next spring tide Neaters—prior to the cessation of rum issue, the slang term for neat rum which
was issued to Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers
Nicknames in general use afloat—‘Granny’ Anderson and Henderson; ‘Dinger’ or ‘Daisy’ Bell; ‘Wiggy’ Bennet; ‘Nigger’ Black; ‘Ginger’ Casey; ‘Nobby’ Clark; ‘Jumper’ Collins or Short; ‘Bandy’ Evans; ‘Harry’ Freeman; ‘Jimmy’ Green; ‘Tosh’ Gilbert; ‘Chats’ Harris; ‘Cosher’ Hinds; ‘Jerry’ King; ‘Bogie’ Knight; ‘Dodger’ Long; ‘Pincher’ Martin: ‘Dusty’ Miller; ‘Pony’ Moore; ‘Spud’ Murphy; ‘Nosey’ Parker; ‘Spike’ Sullivan; ‘Buck’ Taylor; ‘Hookey’ Walker; ‘Sharkey’ Ward: ‘Knocker’ White; ‘Slinger’ Woods; ‘Shiner’ Wright
NipPER—a stop or strop used temporarily to seize two ropes together
NORTHERN LIGHTS—the ‘Aurora Borealis’, seen occasionally in the northern sky when in high latitudes at night The similar ‘Aurora Australis’ or ‘Southern lights’ are seen in high southern latitudes
Nor’-easter—the same as ‘not entitled’ (which see) (A North-easterly wind is an unpopular one, particularly in winter.)
Trang 14Not ENTITLED—a report at a naval pay table signifying that a man is not due for any pay
OrFING—that vaguely defined part of the sea which lies between the entrance to a harbour, or the shoal water of a coast, and the horizon
Oppo—a friend in the same, or in another, ship
Opposite number —a man having the same station or duties as your own; e.g the opposite number of a man in the port watch is the man in the starboard watch who carries out the same duties
OVERHAUL (1)—to overtake
(2)—to examine carefully and repair where necessary
(3)—to haul the blocks of a tackle apart to the full scope of the fall PASS THE WORD—+to relay an order or a summons
Pay—to give a coating to a surface
Pay A SEAM—to pour molten pitch into a seam
Pay AWAY—to slacken a rope
Pay OFF—to fall away from the wind Also to place a ship out of commission (in former times the ship’s company were then paid their wages and discharged)
Pay OUT—+to ease out by hand
PEAK: fore peak—the space immediately abaft the stem of a ship; after peak—the space immediately before her stern post These spaces are often used in merchant ships for storage of fresh water in what are known as ‘peak tanks.’
Perks—perquisites, i.e allowance in cash or kind appertaining to a particular office or employment
Pier-head jump—joining a ship just as she is about to sail
PIPE DOWN—the last routine of the day, after which silence is maintained throughout the messdecks until the hands are called May also be given verbally as an order to stop talking, arguing or skylarking
Plushers—the residue, particularly of food or drink, caused by over-issue or by the distribution of short measures Previously applicable to the residue of the grog ration of a mess
Pompey—Portsmouth
Pongo-—soldier (See grabbies.)
PorT—a square or rectangular hole cut in a ship’s side as an entrance-for embarking passengers or cargo, or for light and ventilation
PREVENTER—any rope, chain or fitting backing up or limiting the movement of rigging, spars, cable, etc
Private ship—any ship, other than a flagship, commanded by an officer of Captain’s ranh
ProuD—>projecting from an otherwise flat surface, such as the head of a rivet
which is not countersunk The term is also applied to a wooden shore
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PUDDING—a rope fender, cylindrical in shape and sometimes with the ends tapered; generally used on the bows of tugs and harbour launches, also on the griping spar of radial davits
PURSER—the officer in a merchant ship responsible to the Master for the catering and accommodation of passengers Formerly the officer in a ship of the Royal Navy charged with her provisions and clothing stores was called the purser
Pusser (colloquial derivative of ‘purser’)—the Supply Officer of a warship, ‘Pusser’s dip’—a candle: ‘pusser’s dirk’—a clasp knife; ‘pusser’s crabs’-— shoes; ‘pusser’s medal’—a food stain on clothing
Putty—the shallow seabed ‘On the putty’—to run aground Queen’s hard bargain—a lazy, incompetent man
Quiet number (see soft number)
Kabbit—any article made or converted from ship’s stores for private use Raggie—friend or chum Formerly seamen provided their own cleaning gear,
and if two men shared their cleaning rags it was a sign of trust and friendship ‘To part brass rags’ is to dissolve a friendship
RAKE—to lean or incline from the perpendicular; to fire into a ship along her length The term ‘rakish’ is applied to a ship with an appearance of force and speed
RANGE—to lay out (usually applied to rope or cable)
Rattle—to be ‘in the rattle’ is to be on the list of defaulters, or in the ‘report’ REFIT—to repair, put in order, recondition
RELIEF—the man who relieves another of his watch, trick or other specific duty RELIEVING TACKLES—tackles or ropes secured to the tiller of a vessel to assist her steering in a heavy sea RIGOL—a curved metal fitting above a side scuttle to prevent water running
down the ship’s side from entering the scuttle ROAD, ROADSTEAD—an exposed or offshore anchorage Rockie—an officer or man of the Royal Naval Reserve
Rogue’s salute—the gun fired on the morning of the day appointed for a Court Martial ROGUE’S YARN—a coloured yarn laid up in a strand or strands of a fibre rope
It was formerly used to distinguish Service cordage from commercial cordage to prevent misappropriation of the former, but it is now used to distinguish one type of cordage, whether Service or commercial, from another Service cordage, however, can still be distinguished from com- mercial cordage by the colour and the number of strands containing the rogue’s yarn
Trang 16RuMBO—condemned cordage (See ‘junk’ and ‘rounding’.) RUMBO LINE—rope made from old rope, such as stage lashing RUN (1)—the distance sailed (steamed) by a ship
(2)—-the note made in the ship’s ledger against the name of a deserter “To run’ is to desert
RUN DOWN—to ram a vessel, either on purpose or by accident RUNNERS—smugglers
SCANDALISE—to settle the halyards of a gaff in order to spill the wind out of its sail (see ‘a’cock-bill’) Yards are said to be ‘scandalised’ when they are not squared
SCANTLINGS—standard dimensions for the various parts of a ship’s structure; they vary with the type or class of ship
SCEND—the scend of a sea is the vertical movement of its waves A ship is said to scend when she rises and falls bodily on the crests and in the troughs of
heavy seas; it is different from pitching, in which the bows and stern of a vessel are alternately raised and lowered (See ‘surge’.)
SCOTCHMAN—any piece of metal, wood, leather, canvas or other material used to prevent chafe or wear (See ‘baggywrinkle’ and ‘bolster’.)
Scran-——food A ‘scran-bag’ was formerly used as a receptacle for the remains of a meal but then became the stowage for personal gear, such as clothing, which had been left lying about It was customary to pay a forfeit of a bar of soap to reclaim any item from the scran-bag
Scup—low, fast-moving clouds A sailing ship is sometimes said to be scudding before a gale when she is running before it
Sculling—to leave something sculling is to leave it lying about or unattended SCUPPER—to sink, to founder (from water flooding aboard through the
scuppers) ‘I’m scuppered’—an expression of defeat or resignation SCUTTLE—to cut a hole in a ship’s bottom, or to open her seacocks, for the
purpose of sinking her
Sea-daddy—an experienced seaman detailed to instruct youngsters; some-
times applied to the officer in charge of the midshipmen (See Snotties’
nurse.)
Sea-lawyer—an argumentative man; one more given to questioning orders than readily obeying them, and to talking rather than working
Sea-legs—a man is said to have ‘got his sea-legs’ when he can move about his ship without losing his balance when she rolls or pitches heavily
Trang 17SHAKE—to cast off fastenings; to take to pieces (a cask or a packing case, for example),
SHEER PLAN—a drawing showing the longitudinal cross-section of a vessel through her keel
SHIP’S COMPANY—all the personnel of a warship other than her officers The synonymous term in the Merchant Navy is ‘crew’
SHIVER—to break in numerous pieces, to shatter SHIPSHAPE—seamanlike in appearance
SHOT MAT—a heavy rope mat used to protect anything, especially the deck, from heavy weights dropped on it (originally to protect the deck in the event of cannon shot being dropped on it) Now known as a paunch mat Shove in your oar—to break into a conversation; to interrupt or interfere SICK BAY—the ship’s hospital
SISTER SHIPS—ships built to the same design Skate—a man always in trouble or mischief
SKIPPER—Master of a fishing vessel or of a smail trading vessei, SKULK—to avoid duty
SLOps—articles of uniform clothing made for the Crown and issued on repayment to officers and men of the Royal Navy
Snob—a shoemaker
SNOTTER—a strop supporting the heel of a swinging boom, derrick or sprit (which see) A rope or chain stopper used to hold the lifts of derricks A type of rope or chain sling
Snottie—a midshipman
Snotties’ nurse—the officer in charge of midshipmen
Snowball hitch (slippery hitch)—a hitch that will slip under strain SNUB—when applied to a rope or a cable, means to stop suddenly SNUG—properly secured; ‘snugged down’—prepared to meet a gale Soft number—an easy job or duty; a sinecure
Soft tack—bread (See hard tack.)
SPEAK—to communicate at sea with another vessel or a shore signal station by visual signalling
SPELL—a period of continuous work, such as ‘a spell at the pumps’; or a period of leisure, such as ‘a spell on deck’ ‘Spell ho!’ is sometimes used as the call for a relief
SPINDRIFT—spray blown from the crests of waves Sptthead pheasant—the bluejacket’s term for a kipper
SPITKID—a small tub or other receptacle, placed on the decks during smoking hours, for cigarette ends, pipe dottles and waste paper
Trang 18SPRING (1)—to split or crack A ‘spring’ is a crack in aspar, and a sprung spar is one which is weakened by splits or by cracks When a vessel makes water through straining her hull she 1s said to ‘spring a leak’
(2)—A spring is a hawser laid out to slew a vessel, or to point her in some required direction “To spring a boat ahead’ is to haul her ahead on a guest warp or a boatrope
SPRING-PIPE—A short pipe running through bulwarks and used as a fairlead
for hawsers
SPRIT—a boom used for supporting and extending the mainsail of a sailing vessel; it extends from the tack to the peak, and its heel is supported by a ‘snotter’ (which see)
SPURNWATER—a wooden or metal beading, or low coaming, round the edges of decks or waterways to prevent wash-deck water spilling over and soiling the ship’s side The term is also applied to the breakwater on a ship’s forecastle
SQUADRON—a number of similar warships under one command (See ‘division’ and ‘flotilla’.)
Square one’s own yard-arm—to put oneself in the right, usually with a superior without regard for others; to observe the letter of the law (or of regulations or instructions) with the object of avoiding possible blame
SQUARE RIG—the rig of a ship whose sails are set on yards athwart her masts A slang term for the uniform of most ratings of the Royal Navy below the rate of Petty Officer (See ‘fore-and-aft rig’.)
Square yards (with anyone)—is to agree with him, or to enter into agreement with him
SQUEEGEE—a form of broom with a rubber edge, used for sweeping water
from a deck
STAND—to sail in a certain widely defined direction, e.g ‘to stand in to the shore’, ‘to stand southward’
STANDING—a term denoting anything fixed or permanent, e.g ‘standing rigging’, ‘standing guy’, ‘standing orders’ and ‘standing: number’ (i.e a permanent job)
START—to move from rest, to loosen, to break out, or to allow to move from rest as in starting a boat’s falls
STATION (1)—a man’s place or post for a specific duty, e.g ‘station for leaving harbour’; or the allotted position of a ship at sea with a fleet, squadron or flotilla “To station’ is to allot a place or duty to a man or a ship
(2)—formerly an area of land and sea placed under the naval juris- diction of a Commander-in-Chief
STAVE—to break in a plank or a stave, e.g of a cask; ‘to stave in’—to hole anything or break into it; ‘stove in’—holed, e.g the bows or side of a vessel which has been in collision
STEVEDORE—-strictly the person who contracts for the handling of cargo into or from a vessel Now applied to men actually handling the cargo STIFF—very stable, the opposite of ‘crank’ Such a ship will return quickly to
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THE STRAITS—the Strait of Gibraltar
STRIKE (1)—A ship is said to strike when she hits the bottom A ship on an ocean passage and approaching land is said to ‘strike soundings’ when she reaches water sufficiently shallow for taking soundings
(2)—To lower from aloft; ‘to strike the colours’ is to haul them down in token of surrender ‘Strike down’ is to lower anything into the hold of a ship or between decks
STRIP TO A GANTLINE—to strip a ship of all her rigging, leaving one gantline rove to the masthead with which to begin refitting the rigging when required
Strongers——a strong solution of soda and water used to dissolve dirt on decks SULLAGE—garbage, rubbish ‘Sullage lighter’—the lighter which, in some ports, is sent to ships to collect their sullage so that it is not ditched overboard, thus preventing pollution of the harbour (See gasi.)
SURGE—the lateral movement of a stationary vessel caused by a swell or the wash of a passing ship (See ‘scend’.)
Swallow the anchor—to retire from sea service
SWASH-Wway—a channel across or between shoals or spits
SWEAT—moisture, on bulkheads, decks, deckheads and sides of a ship, due to condensation
SWEAT UpP—to give an extra hard pull on a rope to take down every vestige of slack in it
SWEEP—to drag the bight of a wire or chain along the bottom to locate or recover a sunken object (See ‘drag’.)
SWEEPER—In the Royal Navy, a man charged with the cleanliness of a compartment or a flat (See dodger.)
SWEEPS—large oars used to propel lighters, barges and small sailing vessels
SWIFT—+to tauten, to bind, to stay; shrouds are swifted when the slack in them is taken down; ashaky vessel is swifted (or ‘under girded’) when her hull is bound round with hawsers or chains (see ‘girt’); the outer ends of capstan bars are swifted to keep the bars shipped in the capstan-head
SWIG OFF—to haul out on the bight of a taut rope at right-angles to its lead in order to take up the last vestige of slack in its span (usually applied to halyards and lashings)
Swing the lead—to avoid duty by feigning illness, to malinger (See ‘skulk’.) ‘TAFFRAIL—the top rail round the stern of a ship from quarter to quarter ‘TAIL ON—to clap on to a rope (See ‘clap on’.)
TAKE CHARGE—an inanimate object, such as a rope or a cable, takes charge when it gets out of control and runs out by its own momentum
Trang 20‘TAKE UP—to tauten, to absorb, to swell; to ‘take up the slack’ (of a rope or nut, for example); when a dry boat is placed in the water her planking will gradually take up and become tight; when applied to ‘slops’ (which see), it means to buy
TAKEN ABACK-—surprised; a sailing vessel is said to be taken aback when the
wind strikes her sails on the wrong side
TALLY—a label or the name of a person or an article “To tally’—to keep a
record (of stores or cargo being embarked or disembarked, for example) Tanky—the midshipman assisting the Navigating Officer; a seaman attached
to the Supply department for special victualling duties
Tar, or Jack Tar—-name formerly applied to a seaman of the Royal Navy (from his tarpaulin hat and tarry trousers)
TARPAULIN—a heavy canvas cover, tarred or painted; usually used to cover hatches to make them watertight
TELL-OFF—to detail men for work
Tell that to the Marines—a seaman’s repartee to an improbable story
‘TENDER (1)—-a small vessel employed to attend on a larger vessel, for duties such as ferrying, store-carrying or training She is under the direct command of, and her accounts are kept by, her parent ship
(2)—-a term applied to a ship having poor stability; one which rolls easily and recovers slowly, the same as ‘crank’ and the opposite of ‘stiff’ (which see)
‘THRUMS—short rope yarns forming the tufted surface of a mat (See ‘splinter mat’)
Ticklers—Service tobacco issued in tins The term originated in the tinned jam which was first supplied to the Navy in 1908 by a manufacturer of the name of Tickler
Tiddie-oggie—the bluejacket’s term for a small flat meat pie of oval shape, called in the West Country a Cornish pasty
Tiddley——neat, smart
TIDE-RACE—a fast-moving, turbulent stretch of water, often with eddies and whirls in it, caused by a strong current meeting a tidal stream or a heavy sea or swell, or passing over a sharply uneven bottom
‘TIDE-RODE—a vessel at anchor in tidal waters is said to be tide-rode when she is lying swung to the tidal stream rather than to the wind (See ‘wind- rode’.)
TIGHT-—watertight
TINGLE—a small patch, usually of copper sheet with a waterproof lining,
applied as a temporary repair to a small hole in the hull of a boat
‘TIMONOGUY-—a guy fitted to a projecting fitting to prevent a rope from fouling it
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Trim 289, 332 Tripping palm 351 Tripod mast 252 Trophy 400 Trot 20 Truck of mast 247 Trysail 289 Tug 41 Tumble home 5 Turnaround 20
Turn-buckle (rigging screw) 232, 247 Turning-in screw 232 Turret 50 Tusk 294 Twine 121 Twist 179 Two-fold purchase 243 ULCC 37 Under-running 147 Underwater communications 378 Underway 464 Union Flag 390, 392 hook 230 plate 232 Units, metric 20, 21 Upperworks (superstructure) 50 Valve inflation/deflation 285 remotely-controlled 55 Vang 252 Variation 413
Velocity ratio of a tackle 239
Ventilation 59, 83 Vessel 463 giving-way 468 Visit, official 399 Visual callsign 382 Signalling 377, 378 VLCC, see Tanker 37 Voicepipe 373 Wake 50
Wall and crown knot 201 Wall knot 200 Warp 20 Warping drum 257, 357 Warrant 391 Washstrake 266, 279 Watch 365 Water depth of 449 drinking 340 Watertight condition 84 door 54 escape manhole 51 hatch 51 Watertight—cont integrity 82 risk 83 subdivision 82 Waterway 74 Way 10 getting under 337, 346
Weapon Engineering department 363 Wearing 326
of Colours 395 Weather 326
heavy 336
West Country whipping 197 Wet dock 17 Whaler capsized 336 Montague 265 motor 283 (whale catcher) 41 Wheel 420 indicator 440 jam 443 use of 424 Wheelhouse 420, 436, 438 Whip of derrick 255 single and double 241 Whipping 179, 196 Whistle 464 Whistling 402 White Ensign 390, 391 Winch 256 Wind 325 eye of 326 soldier’s 326 Windlass 356 Spanish 203 Window 55 Wire rope coiling 153 construction 132 crippling 151 description 132 handling 151, 154 kinking 151 measurement 133
splicing, see also Splicing 223 strength 136 temporary eye 155 uses 133 Working bridle 360 Worming 214, 226 Yard 248, 289 arm 251 quarter of 251 slung 250
Yoke, see also Tiller 278, 340
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"TOP-HAMPER—top-weight, i.e any weight carried, either temporarily or permanently, above the upper deck; superstructures, masts, funnels and deck cargo are examples
‘Tor—one-eighth of a pint Prior to 1970 the ration of rum issued to ratings of the Royal Navy Issued neat to Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers, and as grog (which see) to all other ratings
TRIATIC STAY—a stay led from the head of the mainmast to the head of the foremast It was formerly used for staying the mainmast
‘TRICK—a short spell of special duty involving continuous work or alertness Tricks are carried out in turn by men of the watch on deck, and their length depends upon the nature of the duty; lookouts do from half an hour to an hour, helmsmen one hour
TRINITY HOUSE—a corporation which 1s the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar It is the principal pilotage authority for the London and Isle of Wight districts as well as thirty-nine other districts in the United Kingdom It was granted its first charter by Henry the Eighth in 1514 The Board of the Corpora- tion comprises Master Mariners, who are known as ‘Elder Brethren’ The Corporation also administers certain charitable trusts for the relief of elderly and distressed Master Mariners and their dependants
Turkeys—the name formerly given to men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry because of the red tunics they wore (See jollies and bullocks.)
TWO BLOCKS (see “block-and-block’)
Uckers—the sailor’s name for the game of Ludo; a game of skill and chance played with counters and dice
ULLAGE—the quantity a cask, case or tank lacks of being full
ULOEING—a Chinese method of sculling with a single oar shipped over the stern of a boat The oar is pivoted about a round-headed pin on the transom, and its loom is secured to the bottom of the boat by a martingale of rope or chain
UNSTABLE—a ship is said to be unstable when she is top-heavy and so is unable to recover when heeled over by wind or sea (See ‘crank’, ‘stiff’ and ‘tender’.)
UVROE (see ‘euphroe’)
WAKE—the strip of water astern of a vessel through which she has passed The opposite of ‘grain’ (which see)
WALL-SIDED—said of a ship with perpendicular sides and high freeboard
Warm the bell—-to act or arrive before the appointed time; to be early
WarRp—any rope or hawser used to haul a vessel from one position to another; ‘to warp’ is to move a vessel by this means Also a lengthwise thread in the weave of canvas
WasH—the disturbance in the water made by the movement of a vessel through it
Trang 24- WATER-LOGGED—a vessel is water-logged when she is full of water but still floating
WEATHER-BOUND—unable to put to sea owing to the weather
WEATHER-TIDE—a tidal stream flowing in the opposite direction to the wind
(See ‘lee-tide’.)
WEEP-—to leak slightly; a weeping cask, or joint in a pipe, for example Wet—stupid Wet as a scrubber—extremely stupid
WHARF—a lading-place for shipping
WIND-RODE—a vessel at anchor in tidal waters is said to be wind-rode when she is swung to the wind rather than to the tidal stream (See ‘tide-rode’.) WIND-VANE—a thin strip of metal mounted on a vertical pivot on the head of a mast, or other suitable place aloft, so that it will indicate the direction of
the wind in relation to the ship’s course and speed
WINDSAIL—a ventilation trunk of canvas slung from aloft with its mouth set to catch the wind and its foot led below to the space to be ventilated WORK UP—to train the officers and ship’s company of a newly-commissioned
Trang 25Abandon ship 96 Access markings 86
Accommodation ladder 8, 320 Acknowledgement of order 402 Adrift 10
Advantage (reeving of tackle) 239 Aerial radar 49 radio 248 whip 50 AHercastle 7 Aur conditioning 62 Aireraft 63 rescue 307 Airgram 377 Alarm 373 Alert 396, 397 Alongside 318, 321, 338, 346 Alphabet Morse 381 phonetic 371 semaphore 378 Alternating light 457 Aluminium 78 American whipping 197 Amidships 4 Anchor boat’s 340 bower 351 sea 340 shackle 229 ship’s 351 stream 351 strop 356 Anchoring 322, 348, 449
Anchor ring (shackle of the anchor) 229, 351 Anchors and cables 348
boat’s 340 shackles 227 Angle critical 329 deviation 415 dip 412 pitch 433 rudder 421 variation 413 Apron 272
Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) 104
Armament 48, 63
Arse of block (tail of block) 234 Assault ship 24 Auxiliary machinery 65, 90 Auxiliary steam 66 Azimuth circle 410 Back of hook 230 of sail 323 splice 207, 208, 216 Backing up 163 Backstay 249, 287 Badge 400 Bag boat’s 310, 340 carpenter’s 310 Bailer 340 Bale sling 218, 221 Ballast 48, 73
Ball weight davit 294, 296
Bank 265 Bare end 178 Barricoe 280 Basin 17 Battle honours 400 BCF 106 Beam 5, 74 Bearer, engine 231 Bearing away 323 compass 11, 410, 464 relative 10 > repeater 46S Beating 323, 333 Becket 216, 234 Belaying 159 pin 279 Bell, ship’s 366, 401 Bench 275 © Bending on 287
Bends and hitches Blackwall hitches 184 bowlines 186 buntline hitch 184 carrick bends 189 cat’s paw 184 chain shortening 192 clove hitch 182 elements of 179 fisherman’s bend 183 hawser bend 188 lashings 199
Trang 26Bends and hitches—cont mousing 195
nippers 196 parbuckling 193 rolling hitch 158, 182
round turn and two half hitches 183
sheet bends 183 terms used 178 timber hitch 181 whippings 196 Bermudian rig 292 Berthing hawser 160, 169 outfits 172 Bight 140, 178 Bilge 5 boat’s 275 keel 5, 75 pump 284 rail 275 shore 15 stringer 275 Bill of anchor 351 of hook 230 Bin, cable 354 Binnacle 417 Bipod mast 246 Blackwall hitches 184 Blake slip 354 Blast, siren 463 Block 234 buoyancy 275 fiddle 237, 293 floating 294 leading 255 plummer 28] snatch 236 swivel 237 Blue Ensign 390, 391 Blue Peter 394 Board back 272 butterfly 285 transom 285 Boat 264 anchoring 322 bag 310, 340 boat-hook 340 boom 296 carrying money 322 carn compass 340 construction 264 coxswain 318 crash boat 307
lead and line 460
Officer 319 parts of 272 sailing rigs 287 seaboat 306 slingplate 278, 299 slings 280, 299, 340
ng passenpers and stores 32]
Boat—cont visual callsign 382 Boatrope 258, 309 fitting 284 Boatswain’s call 367 chair 309
Body of block (shell of block) 234
Bollard 159 eye 216 strop 159, 173 towing 279, 340 Bolt of shackle 227 Boltrope 120, 287 Bonnet 356 Boom 249, 257, 288, 296 boats 296 Bottle screw 234 Bottom board 275 Boundary angle 74 Bow 4 shackle 227 wave 48 Bower anchor 351 Bowman 306
Box the compass 407
Trang 27Buoy——cont shackle 350 Buoyage direction’ 456 systems 450 Bouyancy
blocks and tanks 275 tube 285 Bush of block 234 Butterfly board 285 knot 190 Butt sling 221 Cable 22 amount to veer 352 bin 354 boat’s 280, 340 chain 353 clench 356 -holder 354 locker 354 Officer 359, 360, 363 Cable-laid rope 117, 127 Caisson 15 Caliper hook 230 Callsign 382 Camber 5, 18, 74 Cam cleat 279, 293 Can hook 221, 230 Canopy 275, 284 Cap of mast 248 Capping 275 Capsize 336 Capstan 354 Captain 358, 360, 363, 420, 436 Carbon dioxide (CO,) 104 Careening 19 Cargo 48 hook 230 ships 35 'Carings 275 Carpenter’s bag 310 Carpenter’s stopper 168 Carrick bends 189 Carrier anti-submarine 23 commando 24 Carry-on 396, 397 Carvel build 271 Case, engine 281 Casing 75 Catamaran 19 Catching a crab 343 aturn 163 Cat’s paw 184 Catwalk 48 Ceiling 73 Centre of effort 330 Centre-plate 275, 337 Chain cable 353 check stopper 167 shortening 192 splice 207 stopper 166 Chart 448 Cheek of block 234 Cheer ship 400
Choking the luff 143, 195
Christmas 401 Circle, azimuth 410 Citadel 82 Classification, security 383 Clear of hook 230 of shackle 227 Cleat 275 cam 279, 293 jamming 293 Clench cable 356 deck 232 Clenched shackle 227 Clew 287, 290 Clinker build 269 Clip hook 290 Clock, 24-hour 365 Close-hauled 325 Clove hitch 182 Clump block 235, 237 Coaling hook 230 Coaming 51, 275 Coasters 36 Coat of mast 248 Code International 379 Morse 377 naval 379 semaphore 378 signal 379 Coiling 143 Coir rope 120
Collapsing screw (double-ender) 234 Collision 464 Colours 389, 395 Queen’s Colour 393 Coming alongside 338 Command 363 system checks 367
Commander, see also Executive Officer 308 Commanding Officer, see Captain
Trang 28Communications 375 conning 438 Group organisation 386 historical background 375 line 379 NBCD 81 Officer 386 procedure 383 radio 380 satellite 380 systems 377 Company, ship’s 363 Compartment gas-free 82 identification 67 watertight 59 Compass bearing 410 boat’s 340, 418 card 11, 406 course 10 gyro 405, 407, 408 magnetic 411 platform 420, 436 rose 413 : steering by 422 Compressor 356
Condition, watertight and gastight 84 Conning 421 communications 438 position 436 tower 78 Container ships 36
Control, engine and gearbox 281 Control markings 84 Cooling boat’s engine 280 fires 102 Copper alloys 79 Cordage coiling 143 small stuff 121 special kinds 120 Cordage, man-made fibre
care and maintenance 130 characteristics 127 construction 125 handling 146 identification 128 splicing, see Splicing
stopper 166 storage 149 strength 129 uses 129 whipping 198 Cordage, natural fibre
care and maintenance 121 construction 118
construction 116
handling 140, 149
manufacture 123
Cordage, natural fibre—cont materials 118
splicing, see Splicing stopper 166 ` strength 123 Counter 275 Coupling 109 Course altering 422 compass 10 Courtesy flag 395 Cove 19 Cradle 14 davit 293 Creek 19 Cringle 288
Crossing the line 401 Cross-tree 44, 247 Crown naval 400 of anchor 351 of block 234 of hook 230 of shackle 227
Crown and wall knot 201, 215 Crown knot 200
Crude carrier ULCC 37 VLCC 37
Cruiser, command helicopter 24 Crutch 266, 275, 296, 340 Cryptographic publications 383 Customs 401
Cut splice 207 Cutter 265
Trang 29Deck—cont weather 4 well 50 Degaussing 415 Department 363 Depth 448 Derrick 48, 249, 254
Derrick post, see also King-post 246 Destroyers 25 Deviation 414 card 3415 Diagonal lashing 199 Dickie 276 Diesel engine 64 Dinghy 265 capsized 336 oars 339 Dip 412 Dipstick 281 Direction 8, 10, 405
Disadvantage (reeving of tackle) 239 Disengaging gear 300, 308
Displacement l4 Display 379
Distinguishing flag 392, 393 Distress signal box 310 Division 364
Divisional Officer 364, 365 Docks and slips 15
Dogging 211 Doiphin 19 Door, watertight 54 Dory 265 Double Blackwall hitch 184 bottom 73 sheet bend 183, 322 whip 241 Double-ender 234 Drag 327 Draining 89 Draught 5 marks 12 Dressing line 250 ship 396 Drifter 41 Drip tray 281
Drogue (sea anchor) 340
Drop keel (centre-plate) 275, 337 Drum, slinging 221 Dumb lighter 19 Dutchman’s purchase 245 Earing 288 Echo sounding 460 Eductor 90 Electrical dangers 57 Electric power 66 Emergency stations 93 steering 430 End of rope 178 bare or fag 178 running 140 Engine 231 diesel 64 Gemini craft 286 orders 435 outboard 264, 286
Engineer’s thimble (machinery thimble) 230 Ensign 48, 249, 340, 390 Entering harbour 399 unventilated compartments 92 Entry 70 Escape hatch 86 manhole 51 Evaporators 65 Executive Officer 363 Extend 399 Eye 216, 276 Flemish 208 of the wind 326 temporary 155 Eyebolt 232 Eyelet 288 Eyeplate 232 main-sheet 279 Eye splice 207, 209, 212, 224 Facsimile 380 Fag end 178 Fairlead 152, 153 Fall boat’s 296 of tackle 140, 238 Fastenings 272 Fathom 22 Feathered shackle 227 Fender 340 - Ferrule 294 Fetching 326 Fid 207 Fiddle block 236, 293 Figure-of-eight knot 180 Film-fibre 126 Fire extinguishers 104, 307 precautions 99 triangle 99 First-aid 91, 307 First Lieutenant 363 Fisherman’s bend 183 knots 192
Trang 30Flag 389 Admiralty Board 394 Blue Peter 394 code 379 courtesy 395 distinguishing 392 Fishery 395 Flag Officer 394 hoist 379 house 392, 395
Lord High Admiral 393 signal 375, 379, 389 Union 396, 392 Flagship 49 Flammable materials 100 Flare 5 distress 310
Flash from explosion 92 Flashing light 378, 457 system of signalling 377 Flat aback 325 aft 325 seizing 202 Fleet 10, 481 Flemish eye 208 Float elliptical 261 marker 307 Floating block 294 bridge 19 dock 16 Flooding 66, 89 Floodlighting 397 Floor 73 of boat 276 Floor-board 285 Flotation gear 307 Fluke of anchor 351 Flush deck 5,7 Foot of mast 247 of sail 287 Feotrail 276 Footrope 251 Fore-and-aft 3 rig 42 Fore-and-after 299, 301, 308 Forecastle 7, 49, 355 part-of-ship 364 Fore-down 250 Forelock shackle 227 Foresail 288 Forestay 249, 288 Fore-to-main 250 Frame 51,72, 75 Frapping 189 Freeboard 5 Freeing ports 49, 74 Freezer trawler 40 French bowline 187 Frenchman 153 Fresh water 65 Frigates 27 Full and by 325 Gaff 248, 251, 289 sail 288 Gaiter 249 Gang-plank 19 Gangway 19 hand signals 320 Gantline 250
Gantry-type davit (fixed davit) 293, 296 Garboard strake 276 Garland 401 Gastight integrity 83 Gastightness 82 Gas turbine 64 Gearbox control 281 Gemini craft 286 Gemini craft 285 leakstopper 310 stowage 299 General cargo ship 35
Trang 31Gun—cout tackle 241 Gunmetal block 236, 250 thimbie 229 Gunwale 266, 276 chock 294 Gut 192 Guy 256, 258, 296, 308 Gybe 325, 335 Gypsy 357 Gyro-compass 405 Gyro error 422 Gyro-magnetic compass 407 Half hitch 179 Half mast 395 Halyard 44, 223, 248, 250, 288 peak 252 signal 250 Hammock lashing 120 Hand lead and line 460 Handle-bar 420 Handy billy 243 Hangar 49 Hank, spring 290 Harbour, entering 399 Hard 20 chine 267 eye 216 over 421 Hatch 49, 51 cover 51 escape 86 Hauling part bringing to 140 of fall 238 ot rope 140 Hawse, open 349 Hawsepipe 354 Hawser bend 188 bending rope to 158, 186 berthing 160, 169 bight of 164 eye 216 handling 156, 163 hurricane 173 joining 158, 188 length 171 maintenance 175 parting 165 paying out 164 reeling 165, 175 securing to bollards 159 ship’s outfits 173 spring 173 stowage 175 Hawser-laid rope 116, 126 Head of Department 363 of derrick 255 Head—cont of mast 247 of sail 287 rope 176 sheet 276 Headfast 312 Headquarters (NBCD) 80 Headsail 288 Heave to 325, 338 Heaving line bending to a hawser 158, 186 throwing 148 Heaving-line knot 189 Heaving mallet 203 Heel of derrick 255 of mast 247 Helicopter 307 Helm 323, 427 lee 331 Helmsman 420 Hemp rope 119 High-low 291, 298
Hitches and bends, terms used 178
Hog 276 Hogging 69 Hoist 379 away 399 Holder, cable 354 Honours, battle 400 Hook 230 clip 290 Mills release 287, 300 Robinson’s disengaging 299 running 279 tack 279 Horse 279 Hose 109 House flag 392, 395 Housing 247 Hovercraft 42 Hull 3 form 69,267 inflation 286 loads 69 parts of boat 272 motor boat 282 motor whaler 283 plating 70 submarine 75 terms 5 Hurricane hawser 173 Hydrant 51, 109
Trang 32Instrument boat 281 steering 438 Insulator 249 Integrity gastight 83 watertight 82 Internal-bound block 236 International - callsign 382 code 379, 382 Isogonal 413 Jack 392 Jackstaf 49 Jackstay 251, 296, 308 Jacob’s ladder 247, 258, 296, 322 Jaw of block 237 of gaff 251 of hook 230 of rope 123 of shackle 227 Jetty 18 Jib 288 Jigger 243 Joggle shackle 229 Joining shackle 229, 353
Joint Service Sailing Centre 293 Jumping net 296 Junk 121 Karabiner 91 Keel 4, 72 boat 276 boatswain’s call 368 rest 294 Keel-box 275 Keelson 276, 289 collapsible 285 Keep chain 227 Kicking strap 293 Killick 351 King-post 246, 254 Kinking, wire rope 151 Knee 277 transom 279 Knot (speed) 22 Knot 217 butterfly 190 crown 200
crown and wall 201, 215
figure-of-cight 180 fisherman’s 192 heaving line 189 middleman 190 monkey’s fist 188 overhand 179 reef 179 sheepshank 191 ship 188 strength of 178 Knot—cont wall 201, 215 wall and crown 201 Ladder accommodation 320, 398 Jacob’s 247, 258, 296, 322 Landing-craft 24 Landmark 448, 456 Lanyard 195 Lashing 199 LASH ship 40 Lattice mast 253 Launch 9 Launcher 49, 63 Launching ceremony 401 Lay of rope 116, 117, 123 Lazy painter 280, 322, 340 Leach 287
Lead and line 460 Leading block 255 Leading mark 456 Lee helm 331 Lee ho 326 Lever power control 433 trigger 294, 308 Lifeboat 49, 264, 306 Lifebuoy 340 Lifejacket 94, 309, 323, 340 Lifeline 92, 280, 284, 296, 309 Liferaft 49, 96 Lift 250, 327 Lights characteristics 457 chart indications 459 navigation 463 power-driven vessel's 467 publications 459 sailing vessel’s 464 Lighter 20 Lightning conductor 248 Light-vessel 456 Line communications 379 Liner 49 Link common 353 reducing 350 Lizard 258, 296, 308, 322 LNG/LPG carrier 38 Load hull 69 line 13 standing block 239 Lobby 7 Location markings 67 Leck 18 Locker, cable 354 Longitudinal 73 Long splice 207 Loose-footed sail 288
Trang 33Lowermast 247 Lubber’s line 410 Luff 243, 325 of a sail 287 Luff-upon-luff 244 Lug of shackle 227 Lugsail 288 Machinery auxiliary 65, 90 Control Reom 425 thimble 230 Magnetic compass 405, 407, 411, 418 compass binnacle 417 materials 411 poles 412 Magnetism 411 terrestrial 412 Mail 377 Main-down 250 Main engine 64 salt-water 67, 108 Mainmast 289 Man aloft 91, 254 overboard 306, 339 ship 400 Manila rope 119 Marine Engineering department 363 railway 17 Mark leading 456 navigation 450 Marline spike 180, 224, 310 Marline spike hitch 180 Marling 181 hitch 180 ‘Mast bipod 246 clamp 277 head 247 heel 247 lattice 253 main 289 maizzen 288 partners 248 pawl 277 step 247, 277 tripod 252 Masthead pennant 392, 396 Mast-hole 248
Masts and spars 246 Mechanical advantage of tackle 238 of winch 256 Merchant ships 33 Meridian 405 Message handling 383 Message-—cont preparation 384 Messenger 158, 372, 377 Metal block 236 Metric units 20, 21 Middleman knot 190 Midshipman’s hitch 184 Midships 421 Military command 363
Mine countermeasures vessel 31
Miss stays 325
Mizzen mast and sail 288 Mole 18
Monéy, carrying in boats 322 Monkey face (union plate) 232 Monkey’s fist 188 Monofilament 126 Mooring 348 buoy 350 pipe (fairlead) 152, 153 swivel 349 Morse code 375, 377, 380, 381 telegraphy 3380 Motor boat 281 vessel 49 whaler 283,311 Mousing 195, 227, 300, 304 Moving block 238 Multifilament 125 Nautical mile 12, 20 Naval code 379 Navel pipe 354 Navigating Officer 358, 420 Navigation lights 463 mark 450 NBCD 80
Net register-‘tonnage “i+ Nettlestuff 121
New Year’s Day 401 Nip 151 Nippers 196 Nozzle 1il Nuclear explosion 93 power 64
Trang 34Officer—cont _ Piece, swivel 356
of Quarters 86 Pier 18
of the Day 81, 89, 92, 369 Pile 20
of the Guard 400 Pillar 74, 277
of the Watch 81, 89, 92, 94, 306, 317, 319, Pilotage position 436 320, 399, 420, 422, 423, 425 Pin
Principal Warfare 386 of block 234
reception of 398 stop 294, 306
releasing 383 thole 266
Supply 322 thwart 279
Official visits 399 Pin-and-pellet shackle 227
Offshore Pintle 276
patrol vessel 31 Pipe 367
supply ship 41 down 366
Open hawse 349 mooring (fairlead) 152, 153
Operations department 363 navel 354
Organisation 363 the side 399
Communications Group 386 Planking 277
Order Plug 277, 339
acknowledgement of 402 Plummer block 281
steering 422 Point
Outboard engine 264, 286 of a rope 216 Outline circuit 397 of compass 406
Overhand knot 179, 221 pivoting 330
Oxygen 102 reef 287
Poisonous fumes 93 Painter 258, 280, 322, 340 Pole
‘lazy 280, 340 magnetic 412
Palm, tripping 351 North and South 405, 412
Panama plate (fairlead) 152 Polemast 247
Parade 400 Polyamide 124, 127, 192, 193
Parafil 127, 128, 131, 249 Polyester 124, 127
Parbuckling 193 Polyethylene 124, 128
Parcelling 214, 226, 249 Polypropylene 124, 127
Parrel 251 Pontoon 20
Partners, mast 248 tank 16
Part-of-ship 364 Poop 7, 49
Passenger Poppet 277
in boats 321 Port 3
ships 34 Port Auxiliary Service 264
Patch packet 311 Postagram 377
Patent slip 17 Power control lever 433
Pawl Power-driven vessel 463
mast 277 conduct 470
winch 257 lights 467
Paying-off pennant 394 sound signals 467 Pea of anchor (bill of anchor) 351 Precedence 383
Peak Preforming 132
of gaff 252 Preparation of messages 384
of sail 287 Preparative 396
Pelorus 421 Preventer 354
Pen 18 Principal Warfare Officer 386
Pendant Prism, steering 410
buoy 350 Privacy marking 384
steel-wire hanging 305, 309, 312 Procedure, communications 384 Pennant 382, 389, 392, 394 Products carrier 37, 38
commissioning or masthead 369, 392 Propeller 63, 420
Commodore’s 394 board 171
paying-off 394 controllable-pitch 433
Penstock 15 Publications
Period of a light 459 lights 459
Trang 35Pulling 265, 339 boat equipment 339 instructions 340 orders 344 Pump 90, 108 bilge 284 Pumping 66, 89 Punting 265
Purchases and tackles 238
estimation of pull 246 friction 246 of derrick 255 parts of 140, 238 racking 193 sizes 238 Pyromet 106 Quadrantal davit 294 graduation of compass 407 Quanting (punting) 265 Quarter 4 badge 277
boom, see alsa Boom 257
of yard 251 Quarterdeck part-of-ship 363 Queen’s Colour 389 Quoit, rescue 307 Racking 69, 159, 168, 193 seizing 202 Radar 57, 448 aerial 49 reflector 261, 450
Radiation hazards (Radhaz) 92, 249 Radio 57,377 — communications 380 navigation aids 448 Operator 386 portable 307, 311 telephony 380 teletype 380 -Ram’s-horn hook 230 Ratchet of winch 257 Rat guard 171 Rathne 247 Rattling down 250 Reach 326, 334 Reception of officers 398 Red Ensign 390, 392 Reef knot 179, 221 of a sail 288, 336 Reef-point 287 Reeling hawsers 165, 175 Refrigerated ship 35 Reignition 103 Repeater compass 408 steering 409 tape 410 telegraph 440 Rescue quoit 307 Resuscitation 307 Riding slip 354 Rigging 227 running 288 screw (turn-buckle) 232, 247 slip 232 standing 249, 289 terms 287 Ring anchor 351 of the buoy 350 Ringbolt 232, 277
Rising, see also Stringer 278 Risk marking 83 Rogue’s yarn 119, 128 Rolling hitch 158, 182 Rope belaying 146 braided 126 coiling 143 comparison 137 easing-out/recovery 174 faking 146
finishes for ends 216 floating 124-
man-made fibre, see Cordage, man-made
fibre
measurement 115, 133
natural fibre, see Cordage, natural fibre
parts of 140
picking-up 175, 360 plaited 126
preparation for use 143 special kinds 120
wire, see Wire rope
Rope check stopper 168 RO-RO 38 Rose compass 413 seizing 193 Round bilge 267 seizing 202 thimble 229 turn 179
turn and two half hitches 183 Rounding 121
Rove 271
Rowlock or rowbed 266, 277
Royal Fleet Auxiliary 32
Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service 32 Rubber 277 Rubbing strake 49 Rudder 340, 421 boat’s 277 indicator 440 use of 331
Rule of the Road 326, 463 Run 70
Trang 36Running 325, 334 bowline 186 hook 279 part of fall 238 part of rope 140 rigging 288 Safety harness 91 hook 230 Sagging 69 Sail 44, 287 set of 332 to set or make 325 to shorten 325 trimming 333 Sailing boat 267 certificate 339
Joint Service Sailing Centre 293 rigs 45, 287, 289, 292
terms 44, 48, 323 vessel 42, 463 vessel’s lights 464 vessel’s sound signals 466 Sailmaker’s whipping 197 Salt-water main 67, 108 Salute 397
Salvage equipment 307
Samson post, see also King-post 246 Satellite communications 380 Save-all 321 Score of block 234 Scotchman 356 Screw and slip 234 rigging (turnbuckle) 232, 247 shackle 227 slip 354 turning-in 232 without slip 234 Sculling 265 Scupper 74 Scutte 55 Sea , anchor 340 bed 352 bottom 449 cock 66 command 363 measures 20 mile 20 Seaboat 306 hints to coxswains 318 Seamark 448
Secondary steering position 425 Section (NBCD) 8&0 Securing-to-buoy shackle 229 Security classification 383 Semer 41 Seizing 179 flat 202, 205 Seizing-—cont, racking 202, 206 rose 193 round 202, 206 strength 202 stuff 203 Selvagee strop 218 Semaphore 375, 378 Serving 211, 214, 226 mallet 215 Shackle 227 buoy 350 gravity 351 lugless joining 229, 353 of boatswain’s call 368 of cable 353 of the anchor 229 securing-to-buoy 229, 350 stay or forestay 279, 280 swivel-ring 294, 299 Shamrock plate 232 Shank of anchor 351 of hook 230 Sheave 234 Sheepshank 191 Sheer 5 Sheerpole 247, 249 Sheet 250, 287, 289 bend 183, 322 head 276 hook 230
Shell of block (body of block) 234 Ship control system 425
Shipping terms 48 Ship’s badge 400 bell 366, 401 company 363 head 10, 415 side 5] Shock electric 58 from explosion 92 Shore 15, 69 Short sea trader 35 splice 207, 210, 213 Shroud 247, 289 plate 195, 274, 279 Shroud-laid rope 116, 127 Shutter 278, 340 Side piping 399 ship’s 51 trawler 40 Sidelight 55, 466 Signal books 382 code 379, 382
Trang 37Signal-——cont, gangway hand 320 letters 50 sound 466 Single whip 241 Siren 50 blast 463 Sisal rope 119 S.I.unus 20, 21 Skeg 278 ` Skid 293 Skiff 265 S-lay 117
Slings and slinging 219 boat’s slings 280, 299, 340 bridle sling 299 slinging of a yard 250 slingplate 278, 299 tension in slings 220 to sling.a drum 221 Ship 15, 354 hook 232 knots 1838 rigging 232 Slipway 14 Smack 267 Smoke 103 Smothering a fire 103 Snatch block 236 Soft eye 216 Sound, communication 377 Sounding 448, 460 Span 222, 296 davit 308 steadying 280, 299 Spanish windlass 203 Spar 248 Spider band 252, 258 Spinnaker 289, 292 Splicing back splice 207, 208, 216 cordage 207 eye splice 207, 209, 212, 224 man-made fibre 211 short splice 207, 210, 213 Talurit splice 223 the main brace 401 types of splice Z07 wire rope 223
Splinters from explosion 93 Sponson 50 Spreader 299 Spring berthing 169 hank 290 hawser 173 hook 230 tide 449 Spunyarn 121, 203 Spur 249 Spurnwater 74 Squadron 50, 390 Square lashing 199 rig 42 SRBF block 236 Stage lashing 120 Standard 389 Standing block 238 bridle 360 part of fall 238 part of rope 140, 179 Staple 125 Starboard 3 Starving a fire 102
States and conditions, NBCD 88
States of readiness, NBCD 81 Stay 43 backstay 249, 287 forestay 249, 288 sail 289 shackle 279, 280 to miss stays 325 Stayband 247 Steadying span 280, 29 Steam auxiliary 66 ship 50 turbine 64 Steel 78 Steering 420 automatic 423 by compass 422 by eye 423 emergency 430 gear 65, 440 gear defects 443 instruments 438 mechanical 425 orders 422 positions 436 prism 410 repeater 409 Stem 3, 72, 278 band 278 head fitting 293 Stern 3
boom, see also Boom 257, 258 post 72, 278 rope 169 sheets 278 trawler 40 Sternfast 280, 312, 340 Sternhook 275 Sternsom 278 Stirrup 251, 294
Stoppers and stoppering 166 Stop pin 294, 306
Stopping 179 Store rooms 65 Stores 65
Trang 38Stormsail 289 Straight shackle 227 Strake 71, 278 garboard 276 top 279 Strayline 309 Stream 20 anchor 351 Stretcher Neil~Robertson 307 of a boat 278, 340 Stringer 51, 73, 278 bilge 275 plate 74 Strongback 280, 340 Strop 218 anchor 356 anti-shock 296, 304, 309 bale sling 218 common 218 grommet 219, 299 salvage 307
securing to a rope or spar 219 selvagee 218
Subdivision 59, 67, 82
Submarine 30, 75 Sunset 398
Superstructure (upperworks) 50 Supply and Secretariat department 363 Surging
hawsers 165 of a ship 170 round a drum 257 Survival suit 94
Swab hitch (sheet bend) 183, 322
Swallow, of block 234 Sweep (oar) 265 Swigging off 223 Swimmer 306 Swinging ship 415 Switchboard ship’s 66 power boat’s 281 Swivel block 237 hook 230 mooring 349 piece 356 Swivel-ring shackle 294, 299 Tabernacle 247, 278 Tack 326, 466
hook, see also Sheet hook 279
of a sail 287 tackle 290 Tackle hook 230 Tackle, parts of 140 Taffrail 50 - Tail of block 234 Talurit splice 223 Tank buoyancy 275 Tank—cont compensating 75 main ballast 75 pontoon 16
top (inner bottom) 73 trim 75 Tanker 37 Tape repeater 410 Telegraph 375, 445 orders 444 repeater 440 revolution order 447 Telegraphy 380 Telemotor 438, 441 failure 443 Telephone 56, 372, 379 Telephony 380 Television 372, 380 Tension in slings 220 in spans 223 Terrestrial magnetism 412 Thimble 229 eye 216 Thole pin 266 Thoroughfooting 144
Three-and-two tackle (five-part tackle) 244 Three-fold purchase 243 Throat of gaff 251, 255 Thumb cleat 275 Thwart 278 pin 279 Tide 448 Tiller 278, 340 flat 438 Timber of boats 272, 278 Timber hitch 181 Time 365, 371 Tingle 311 Tonnage 14 Top 44, 247 part-of-ship 364 strake 279