- In
modern usage, a
sloop is a
sailboat with a
single mast
generally having only one
headsail in
front of the mast and one
mainsail abaft (behind) the...
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, a
sloop-of-war was a
warship of the
British Royal Navy with a
single gun deck that
carried up to 18 guns. The rating...
- "
Sloop John B" (Roud 15634,
originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a
Bahamian folk song from N****au. A
transcription was
published in 1916 by...
- A ****
sloop is a propeller-driven
sloop-of-war. They were po****rized in the mid-19th century,
during the
introduction of the
steam engine and the transition...
- "
Slooper"
refers to the 52
Norwegians who
traveled to the
United States in 1825
aboard the
sloop Restauration.
Within the
first 100 years, the
Slooper...
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whose crew
Teach joined around 1716.
Hornigold placed him in
command of a
sloop that he had captured, and the two
engaged in
numerous acts of piracy. Their...
- The
Black Swan
class and
Modified Black Swan
class were two
classes of
sloop of the
Royal Navy and
Royal Indian Navy.
Twelve Black Swans were launched...
- The
Bermuda sloop is a
historical type of fore-and-aft
rigged single-masted
sailing vessel developed on the
islands of
Bermuda in the 17th century. Such...
- Bonny.
Rackham deposed Charles Vane from his
position as
captain of the
sloop Ranger, then
cruised the
Leeward Islands,
Jamaica Channel and
Windward P****age...
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Dorothy Sloop (September 26, 1913 – July 28, 1998), also
later known as
Dorothy Sloop Heflick, was an
American jazz
pianist who
performed with jazz bands...
