- "
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- Theater, 1980. In 1966,
Seeger and his wife
Toshi founded the
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a
nonprofit organization based in Beacon, New York, that sought...
- "
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...
- The
Sloop Period Faroese: Slupptíðin is a
period in
Faroese history,
where the
Faroese society transformed from a
feudal society to a semi-industrial...
- 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...
-
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...
-
typical configuration for most
modern sailboats.: 52
Whilst commonly seen in
sloop-rigged vessels,
Bermuda rig is used in a
range of configurations, for instance...
-
captured sloop Juliana on 1
April 1777. She
captured sloop Unity on 2
April 1777. She
captured the
sloop Betsy & Ann on 4 April. She
captured sloop Volante...
