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miles per hour or 20.1
kilometres per hour),
averaging 7-8
knots in a
topgallant gale. When
victualled and
stored for six
months service,
Victory drew 24 ft...
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performed well to windward,
making 10 -11
knots when close-hauled in a
topgallant gale. The
fastest speed recorded was of 12
knots when
running before the...
- November, a new
pressure wave
swept through the pack ice. The
forward topgallant mast and
topmasts collapsed as the bow was
finally crushed.
These moments...
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knocked on her beam-ends and
nearly sank;
damages included the loss of her
topgallant sail and two whaleboats, with an
additional whaleboat sustaining minor...
-
reported the
Flying Dutchman fell from the
foretopmast crosstrees on to the
topgallant forecastle and was
smashed to atoms.
Nicholas Monsarrat, the novelist...
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yards on each mast (moving up: Course,
Lower Topsail,
Upper Topsail,
Topgallant and Royal), and a
total of 18 sails. In good
conditions she has managed...
-
seriously damaged and lost much of her
forward rigging (bowsprit, fore
topgallant mast),
making it
impossible to
steer the ship to safety.
Brighton returned...
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volunteered to single-handedly furl (lower, roll up and secure) the
loose fore
topgallant sail, an act
which prevented damage to the ship. For his
conduct on that...
-
balanced and
steady on a
course while new
yards and the
addition of
split topgallant sails increased her sail area by 20
percent to
improve her speed. As built...
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topmast that was
attached to the
lower section; and a
topgallant mast at the top. The top and
topgallant masts were both
salvaged soon
after the
sinking while...
