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- The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship. Traditionally it was where the captain commanded his vessel and where the ship's...
- Spanish Brigadier fell, as retreating to the quarter-deck. I pushed immediately onwards for the quarter-deck, where I found Commander Berry in possession...
- structural similarity, such as the five dramatic chapters beginning with "The Quarter-Deck" or the four chapters beginning with "The Candles". Chapter clusters...
- deck have been moved to the bridge, usually located in a superstructure. Common names for decks Taffrail, the handrail around the **** deck Quarter gallery...
- gun deck, 30 8-inch (200 mm) on the central gun deck, 32 32-pounders on the upper gun deck, 26 32-pounders and one 68-pounder on the upper deck). Victoria...
- having only two classes of service, with the upper deck dedicated to tourist class and the quarter deck beneath it to first-class. Each had its own main...
- as many of them, and those of the highest rank, are stationed on the quarter deck, which is one of the most exposed situations, and far removed from the...
- deck and completed in 1747 as a 74-gun two-decker ship with the following armament: Lower deck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarter...
- Creature. USA: University Press of Kansas. p. 432. Chapter 36. "The Quarter-Deck", Melville, Herman. (1851) Moby~**** or, the Whale. Ch 41, “The Whale...
- not an absolute rule, however, and there are exceptions (for example: quarter-deck occurs in addition to quarterdeck). There are no exceptions for words...