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Admiral | Amiral | Almirante | Senior Naval officer, normally commanding a Fleet, Squadron or Division |
Admiral of the Fleet | Amiral de France | Capitan General de la Armada | Senior Admiral in the Navy, usually a shore based administration position |
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Beam | Maître-bau/Largeur | Manga | Ship´s width at the widest point |
Boatswain | Bosco | Contramaestre | Who is charged with examining and surveying the ship's hull, ropes, moorings, and cargo |
Bought | Achetee | Comprado | Bought to another nation or private merchant for war pourposes. |
Bow | Proue | Proa | The forward part of the hull of a ship or boat |
Brig | Brick | none | Common abbreviation of Brigantine |
Brigantine | Brigantine | Bergantin | Vessel with two masts, at least one square rigged |
Broad Pendant | Command flag of a British Commodore, introduced in 1692 | ||
Broke up | Degrossir | Desguazado | Breaking down a ship for sell or built a new one |
Burthen | Arqueo | Ships capacity, originally based on the volume of a tun (barrel), hence tonnage. |
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Cannon | Cañon | General term for a muzzle-loading smooth-bore artillery piece | |
Cannon | Cañon | A Cannon firing a ball of 42 to 60 Pounds in weight | |
Carronade | Caronade | Carronada | A short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, with short-range and low muzzle velocity. |
Captain | Capitaine | Capitan | Officer in command of a ship |
Careen | Carenar | Action of cleaning a ship's hull for maintenance | |
Commander | Comandante | Officer not holding the rank of Captain commanding of a ship | |
Commodore | Chef d'escadre | Brigadier | An officer other than an Admiral commanding a squadron |
Coppering | Forrar en cobre | Cover the underneath part of a ship with copper plates. | |
Corvette | Corvette | Corbeta | Two or three mast vessel, smaller than a frigate |
Culverin | English Cannon, firing a ball of approximatly 18lbs | ||
Cutter | Cotre | Cuter | A single masted Square-rigged vessel |
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Demi-Culverin | Type of English cannon, firing a ball of approximatly 9lbs | ||
Depth of hold | Le Creux | Puntal | Ship´s highest length from keel to main. |
Displacement | Deplacement | Desplazamiento | Seawater displaced by a floatting ship and its contents. Volume. |
Drake | A term used to indicate a weapon lighter and/or shorter than normal | ||
Draught | Tirant d'eau | Plan? | Draught at stern ship´s length (Draft). |
Draught forward | Calado a proa | ||
Draught abaft | Calado a popa | ||
Drydock | Dique seco | Used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships |
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Ensign | Pavillon | Pabellon | Identifying flag flown from the stern of the vessel. |
none | none | Esmeril | Spanish 1/2 pounder gun. |
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Flag Captain | Capitaine en Second | Capitan de Consejo | Captain commanding an Admirals ship: e.g. Hardy at Trafalgar |
Flotilla | Flotilla | A small Fleet, or a fleet of small ships | |
Frigate | Fregate | Fragata | Full rigged war vessel, smaller than a ship of the line |
Figurehead | Figure de proue | Mascaron de proa | Carved wooden decoration, found at the prow of ships |
Fireship | Brulot | Brulote | Ship filled with combustibles to set on fire into enemies fleets. |
First Lord of the Admiralty | President of the Board of Admiralty replacing the Lord High Admiral in charge of the Navy | ||
Foundered | Coulé | Naufragar | A ship lost at sea, usually due to the effect of severe weather conditions, but occasionally due to a poor state of repair. |
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Galley | Galere | Galera | Ship that can be propelled by human oarsmen and/or wind. |
General at Sea | none | none | Rank equivalent to an Admiral. Only used during the Commonwealth period (1649-1660). |
Gondola | Gondola | Flat bottomed, single masted gunboat, common on the Great Lakes in 1776. | |
Gregorian Calendar | Calendrier Gregorien | Calendario Gregoriano | The currently accepted international calendar, date of adoption varies. |
Gundalow | Alternate term for a Gondola. |
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Hulk | Pontoon | Ponton | Unarmed ship in a harbour used as warehouse or prision. |
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Jack | Enseigne | Bandera de proa | Identifying flag flown from the Bowsprit or the Bow. |
Julian Calendar | Calendario Juliano | The calendar in use in Europe before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. |
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King's Letter Boy | A boy or young man who had a warrant from the British Admiralty which assigned him to a ship for training as a Royal Navy officer. This system was phased out by the mid-1700s. | ||
Knot | Noeud | Nudo | Unit used to meassure the speed of a vessel. |
Keel | Quille/Longeur | Quilla | Ship´s length from bow to stern. |
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Larboard | Babord | Babor | The left-hand side of a ship when facing the bow (Officially replaced by Port in 1844). |
Length | Longueur | Eslora | Ship´s overall length, from prow to stern, without the bowsprit. |
Letter of Marque (1) | Lettre de Marque/Course | Patente de Corso | Commission issued to a Privately owned Ship of War to enable it to legally engage and take enemy vessels. |
Letter of Marque (2) | Lettre de Marque/Course | Patente de Corso | A Merchantman who has taken a Commission (Letter of Mark) to enable her to gain from opportunistic prizes. |
Lord High Admiral | none | none | Commander in Chief of the British Navy |
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Merchantman | Marchand | Mercante | A ship who's primary purpose is commerce rather than war'.' |
Minion | English Cannon, firing a ball of approximatly 4lbs. |
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Obusier | Obusier | Obus | Short barrelled cannon, similar to a Carronade |
Old Style Dates | Dates using the older Julian calendar |
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Pendant | Identyifying flag of a naval vessel operating independantly. | ||
Pennant | Flamme | Gallardete | Flies from the masthead and indicates the commission of a ship's captain (a.k.a. Pennon). |
Pier | Jetee | Muelle | Raised walkway from land into & over the water. |
Pirate | Pirate | Pirata | Ship who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation. |
Port | Babord | Babor | The left-hand side when facing the Bow |
Privateer | Corsaire | Corsario | Privately owned ship of war issued with a Letter of Marque from a sovereign nation to fight his enemies. |
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Saker | English Cannon, firing a ball of approximatly 5lbs 8oz | ||
Schooner | Goelette | Goleta | A two masted vessel with Fore and Aft rig and the Foremast shorter than the Mainmast |
Scuttled | Sabordee | Echar a Pique | Run ashore, burnt or sunk a ship to prevent capture or blocking enemy ships pass. |
Sea Howitzer | Obusier | Obus | Short barrelled cannon, similar to a Carronade |
Ship of the line | Navire de ligne | Navio de linea | Large warship constructed from the 17th to mid-19th century (SoL) |
Sloop | Sloop | Balandra | One masted vessel with Fore and Aft rig and the mast of a cutter |
Sold | Vendue | Vendido | Sold to other nation or merchantman for his use or to be broke up to sell the wood. |
Starboard | Tribord | Estribor | The right-hand side when facing the Bow |
Steam | ? | Vapor | Converted to a steam ship adding an steam engine. |
Stern | Poupe | Popa | The rear part of a ship |
Supplier | ? | Asentista | Who gets a contract to built a ship for the King. |
Swivel gun | Pedrero | Small gun that filres 4-6 pound stone balls. |
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Tar | Poix | Brea | Mixture of tar, pitch, tallow and oil, heated for caulking and painting ship's timber & rigging. |
Topsail Schooner | A Schooner with Square-Rigged topsails on the foremast. | ||
Trabaccolo | A small, two masted, lateen rigged transport vessel, common in the Adriatic sea |
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Urca |
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Urca | Freight frigate plain-looking ship with 2-3 masts and square/latin sails, of greater length and width. |
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Weight | Arqueo | Ship's hull volume capacity measured in barrels. | |
Wrecked | Naufragé | Hundido | The ship sunk by collision with the coast, rocks, sandbanks or other solid objects |
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Xebec | Chebec | Jabeque | Similar to galleys, with lateen sails (2-3 masts) and/or with oars, smaller than frigates. |
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