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Leeward: side or direction away from the wind (opposite of "windward"). [17] On deck: to an outside or muster deck (as "all hands on deck"). [18] On board: on, onto, or within the ship [19] Onboard: somewhere on or in the ship. [20] Outboard: attached outside the ship. [21] Port: the left side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of ...
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Produces a flag icon attached to a wiki-linked "Xxxx National Navy" article, as appropriate for a given country. Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Nation nation 1 The name of the nation or the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code of the nation to which the navy in question belongs Example USA String required ...
Produces a flag icon attached to a wiki-linked "Xxxx National Navy" article, as appropriate for a given country. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Nation nation 1 The name of the nation or the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code of the nation to which the navy in question belongs Example ...
A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts , rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation . It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea .
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Off (direction) Informative call indicating attack is terminated and maneuvering to the indicated direction. Offset Informative call indicating maneuver in a specified direction with reference to (direction) the target. On station Informative call unit/aircraft has reached assigned station. Opening Increasing in range. Oranges Weather. Out ...
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...