- recently,
ships have been
hulked when they
become obsolete or when they
become uneconomical to operate. A
sheer hulk (or
shear hulk) was used in shipbuilding...
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hulk 1802, sold 1811.
Camperdown 70 – ex-Dutch Jupiter,
prison ship 1798,
powder hulk 1802, sold 1817.
Gelykheid 64/68 –
guardship 1803,
sheer hulk 1807...
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without the ****istance of
either a
sheer hulk or land-based
masting sheer was
extremely difficult. The
concept of
sheer hulks originated with the
Royal Navy...
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employ a
sheer hulk, an old
floating ship's hull ****ed with
sheer legs, and used to
install masts in
other ships.
Crane (machine)
Masting sheer Sheerleg...
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notorious hulks pla**** a
crucial role in
detaining criminals. The term "prison
hulk" is not
synonymous with the
related term
convict ship. A
hulk is a ship...
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became a
sheer hulk in 1815 and was
broken up in 1834. HMS
Monmouth was a 46-gun
fifth rate
launched in 1828 as HMS Hotspur. She
became a
chapel hulk in 1859...
- HMS Kent (1798) was a 74-gun
third rate
launched in 1798,
converted to a
sheer hulk in 1856, and
broken up in 1881. HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel...
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known for
ferrying the
Macartney Emb****y to China. She was used as a
sheer hulk from 1816 and was sold for
breaking up in 1837. HMS Lion (1781) was a...
- Flushing,
launched in 1812, and sold in 1817. HMS Chatham (1813) was a
sheer hulk launched in 1813 and
broken up in 1876. HMS Chatham (1835) was an iron...
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captured on 2 July 1798 at the
Battle of the Nile. She was used as a
sheer hulk from 1800 and
broken up in 1810. The
second HMS Guerriere (1806) was a...
