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57 relations: £sd, Barracks ship, Bateau, Battle of Big Sandy Creek, Bay of Quinte, Beam (nautical), Brig, Brockville, Builder's Old Measurement, Burlington Heights (Ontario), Carronade, Ceremonial ship launching, Commander (Royal Navy), Company (military unit), Draft (hull), Engagements on Lake Ontario, Flagship, Flotilla, Fort Erie, Ontario, Fort George, Ontario, Fort Oswego, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Glacis, Governor Simcoe (1793 ship), Hamilton Harbour, HMS Lord Melville (1813), HMS Prince Regent, Hulk (ship type), Hull (watercraft), James Lucas Yeo, Keel, Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston, Ontario, Lake Ontario, Length overall, Lieutenant (navy), Niagara River, Ogdensburg, New York, Penny, Prize (law), Provincial Marine, Rigging, Royal Navy, Sackets Harbor, New York, Saint Lawrence River, Schooner, Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor, Shilling, Ship's company, Sloop, ..., Sloop-of-war, Squadron (naval), United Kingdom, USS Asp (1812), War of 1812, Wolfe Island (Ontario), 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot. Expand index (7 more) »
£sd
£sd (pronounced /ɛlɛsˈdiː/ ell-ess-dee and occasionally written Lsd) is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe, especially in the British Isles and hence in several countries of the British Empire and subsequently the Commonwealth.
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Barracks ship
Barracks ship or barracks barge are terms used to indicate a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sailors or other military personnel.
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Bateau
A bateau or batteau is a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade.
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Battle of Big Sandy Creek
The Battle of Big Sandy Creek was fought in northwestern New York on May 29–30, 1814, during the War of 1812.
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Bay of Quinte
The Bay of Quinte is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada.
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
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Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.
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Brockville
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the Thousand Islands region.
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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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Burlington Heights (Ontario)
Burlington Heights refers to a promontory or area of flat land sitting elevated (at about) above the west end of Hamilton Harbour in the city of Hamilton, Ontario which continues as a peninsula to the north toward the city of Burlington, Ontario.
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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.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Commander (Royal Navy)
Commander (often abbreviated Cdr) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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Company (military unit)
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–150 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Engagements on Lake Ontario
The Engagements on Lake Ontario encompass the prolonged naval contest for control of the lake during the War of 1812.
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Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.
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Flotilla
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships, and this from French flotte, and this from Russian "флот" (flot), meaning "fleet"), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet.
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Fort Erie, Ontario
Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.
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Fort George, Ontario
Fort George National Historic Site is a historic military structure at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, that was the scene of several battles during the War of 1812.
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Fort Oswego
Fort Oswego was an 18th-century trading post in the Great Lakes region in North America, which became the site of a pitched battle between French and British forces in 1756 during the French and Indian War.
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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.
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Glacis
A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses.
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Governor Simcoe (1793 ship)
Governor Simcoe was a merchant schooner launched in 1793 that the Provincial Marine acquired in 1813 and named after the British naval officer Sir Sidney Smith.
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Hamilton Harbour
Hamilton Harbour, formerly known as Burlington Bay, lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway) and Burlington Beach (north of the channel).
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HMS Lord Melville (1813)
HMS Lord Melville (also known as HMS Melville) was a brig of the Royal Navy launched at Kingston, Ontario on 20 July 1813.
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HMS Prince Regent
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince Regent, after numerous holders of the position of prince regent.
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Hulk (ship type)
A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea.
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Hull (watercraft)
The hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat.
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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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Keel
On boats and ships, the keel is either of two parts: a structural element that sometimes resembles a fin and protrudes below a boat along the central line, or a hydrodynamic element.
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Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
The Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard from 1788 to 1853 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at the site of the current Royal Military College of Canada.
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in eastern Ontario, Canada.
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Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
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Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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Lieutenant (navy)
LieutenantThe pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between,, generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and,, generally associated with the United States.
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Niagara River
The Niagara River is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
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Ogdensburg, New York
Ogdensburg is a city in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States.
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Penny
A penny is a coin (. pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries.
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Prize (law)
Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict.
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Provincial Marine
Provincial Marine was a coastal protection service in charge of the waters in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and parts of Lake Champlain under British control.
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Rigging
Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support a sailing ship or sail boat's masts—standing rigging, including shrouds and stays—and which adjust the position of the vessel's sails and spars to which they are attached—the running rigging, including halyards, braces, sheets and vangs.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Sackets Harbor, New York
Sackets Harbor (earlier spelled Sacketts Harbor) is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States, on Lake Ontario.
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Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.
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Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.
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Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor
The Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813, during the War of 1812.
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Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.
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Ship's company
A ship's company comprises all officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel aboard a naval vessel.
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Sloop
A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.
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Sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns.
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Squadron (naval)
A squadron, or naval squadron, is a significant group of warships which is nonetheless considered too small to be designated a fleet.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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USS Asp (1812)
The first Asp was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.
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Wolfe Island (Ontario)
Wolfe Island is an island at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario.
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8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to in short as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Moira_(1805)
