Faster access than browser!
16 relations: Carronade, Edward Boscawen, Full-rigged ship, Long ton, North Shields, River Tyne, Royal Navy, Ship of the line, Third-rate, Tonne, Total loss, Training ship, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Wellesley Nautical School, William Symonds, Woolwich Dockyard.
Carronade
A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Carronade · See more »
Edward Boscawen
Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 1711 – 10 January 1761) was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Edward Boscawen · See more »
Full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is term of art denoting a sailing vessel's sail plan with three or more masts, all of them square-rigged.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Full-rigged ship · See more »
Long ton
Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Long ton · See more »
North Shields
North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North East England, eight miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and North Shields · See more »
River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England and its length (excluding tributaries) is.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and River Tyne · See more »
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Royal Navy · See more »
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside firepower to bear.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Ship of the line · See more »
Third-rate
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Third-rate · See more »
Tonne
The tonne (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms;.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Tonne · See more »
Total loss
In insurance claims, a total loss or write-off is a situation where the lost value, repair cost or salvage cost of a damaged property exceeds its insured value.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Total loss · See more »
Training ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Training ship · See more »
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · See more »
Wellesley Nautical School
The Wellesley Nautical School was a naval training school first located on the Tyne, and later removed to Blyth.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Wellesley Nautical School · See more »
William Symonds
Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782, Bury St Edmunds – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship Nil, Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia), page 345.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and William Symonds · See more »
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames in Woolwich, where a large number of ships were built from the early 16th century until the late 19th century.
New!!: HMS Boscawen (1844) and Woolwich Dockyard · See more »
