-
lower ports closed, not a rope left
hanging over the sides; the
boarding nettings,
boiled in half-made
pitch till they were as hard as wire, were triced...
- had in defense,
being stationary,
having some long
heavy guns and
boarding nettings. This was
offset by two of the five
gunboats (No.156
commanded by...
- A
boarding net is a type of rope net used by
ships during the Age of Sail to
prevent boarding by
hostile forces.
Designed to hang from a ship's masts...
- fire,
after which Elmslie observed: The
Junks then
triced up
their Boarding nettings, and came into
action with us at half
pistol shot; our guns were well...
-
enemy boarding parties. Chain-shot Two iron
balls joined together with a chain. This type of shot was
particularly effective against rigging,
boarding netting...
- casualties.
Scorpion (but not Tigress) had
boarding nettings rigged and
might have been able to
fight off a
boarding attempt from
small boats, but not from...
-
shortboard such as a
skateboard in
which the
rider stands is
called swing boarding. It is made
safer by the use of an
attached board and a
harness for the...
-
upper deck was
entirely covered with a
boarding net, a co****
netting that
served as a
defence measure against boarding.
Though very
little of the
upper deck...
-
daylight by only 43 men
against a
vessel crewed by 113,
protected by
boarding netting, and
supported from the s**** by a
small gun
battery and a
large number...
- flights. The TSC's No Fly List is a list of
people who are
prohibited from
boarding commercial aircraft for
travel within, into, or out of the
United States...
