Admiralty Manual of SeamanshipDesigned to provide the Seaman Specialist with detailed information on all aspects of seamanship appertaining to the Royal Navy, this title also serves as a source of information on seamanship matters for officers and ratings of other branches. Amongst the areas covered are: general sea terms, replenishment at sea and helmanship. |
Contents
Rigging and Deck Gear | 2-75 |
Towing | 39 |
Boats | 4-27 |
Para | 5-13 |
Replenishment at | 6-1 |
Survival and Safety | 27 |
Targets Decoys Markers and Recoveries | 7-73 |
Seamanship Organisation and Upkeep | 9-1 |
Helmsmanship | 9-17 |
Para | 10-3 |
10012 | 10-9 |
10023 | 10-16 |
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Common terms and phrases
anchor attached Avast awning berthing bight block boat Boat's boatrope bollard bridle buoy buoyancy tube cable holder capstan Check coil cordage coxswain crane crew danbuoy davit deck Delivering ship derrick emergency breakaway engine ensure equipment fairlead fibre firing ship fitted fuel gear Gemini Gemini Craft gunline Handling hauling hawsepipe Heave helicopter hitch hoisting hook hose hoseline hull inboard inflatable jackstay knots lanyard length lever lifejacket liferaft lifting lower messenger metres mooring Naval stores operating outboard motor outhaul personnel polyamide polyester polypropylene port position procedures propeller raft Receiving ship round Royal Navy Safety seaboat Seamanship secured ship's side signal sling sliprope soft eye speed splice starboard steering stern sterndrive stopped stopper stowage stowed strands strop switch swivel tackles tanks temporary guardrail thimble toggle tonnes towing hawser towing slip transom turns warships weight whip wire rope