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1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
This is a list of characters of the Canadian children's television series Theodore Tugboat. The show has one human character, The Harbourmaster, and six central tugboat characters, led by the show's namesake, Theodore Tugboat. Other ships, of all sizes, provide a large number or regular and occasional characters along with a few living structures.
binnacle list A ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle. bird farm United States Navy slang for an aircraft carrier. bite Verb used in reference to a rudder, as in "the rudder begins to bite". When a vessel has steerageway ...
HMS Tristram – submarine in His Majesty's U-Boat by Douglas Reeman, 1973; HMS Tynecastle – frigate in Trapp and World War Three by Brian Callison, 1988; U-174 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992; U-246 – Kriegsmarine U-boat in Away Boarders! by J._E._Macdonnell, 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
Harpooneer on Ahab's boat. He is of Indian Zoroastrian ("Parsee") descent, and is described as having lived in China. When the Pequod sets sail, Fedallah is hidden on board with the crew of Ahab's boat; he emerges only when the boats are first lowered to pursue a whale. Fedallah is referred to in the text as Ahab's "Dark Shadow."
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The boats featured in The Adventures of Tintin are listed in alphabetical order. Some are depicted only in the original black and white versions of the albums, while others are illustrated in the color editions. Similarly, certain ships are only mentioned by the characters without being visually depicted.