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The school uniform is black and white, derived from the municipal colours of Edinburgh. [1] The school retains the now traditional uniform of a blazer and tie. Boys are required to wear a plain white shirt, official tie, black blazer with school badge, black trousers and black polished leather school shoes. [2] There is the option of a black ...
A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...
The Royal High School (Canada) Club was formed in Winnipeg in 1914, and after lapsing into inactivity because of the war it was revived in British Columbia in 1939. [61] The Royal High School Club was formed in 1925 to help former pupils in the east; it disbanded in 1959. [62]
The Royal High School is a school in Edinburgh with origins traceable to the 12th c at the Abbey of Holyrood, subsequently run by the City of Edinburgh. The school gives its name to High School Yards off Infirmary Street, where it was located before moving to the familiar Thos. Hamilton classical Greek building on Calton Hill at Regent Road which it occupied until July 1968, when it moved to ...
A beakhead or beak is the protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.Beakhead is also a term used in Romanesque architecture [1]. Beakheads were fitted on sailing vessels from the 16th to the 18th century and served as working platforms for sailors working the sails of the bowsprit, the forward-pointing mast that carries the spritsails. [2]
Spanish galleon San José; San Juan Bautista (ship) San Juanillo; San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) San Salvador (Guipúzcoan squadron) San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship) Santa Luzia (galleon) Santa Rosa (1726) Santa Teresa (1637) Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad (1751) São João Baptista (galleon) São Martinho (1580)
Aftercastle of the frigate Méduse, as seen from the deck Galleon showing both a forecastle (left) and aftercastle (right) Stern of a replica 17th-century galleon. The aftercastle [pronunciation?] (or sterncastle, sometimes aftcastle) is the stern structure behind the mizzenmast and above the transom on large sailing ships, such as carracks, caravels, galleons and galleasses. [1]
A Royal Naval rating in 1A uniform (a modern sailor suit). A sailor suit is a uniform that originated in England, traditionally worn by enlisted seamen in a navy or other governmental sea services. It later developed into a popular clothing style for children, especially as dress clothes and school uniforms.