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
Anchors Cables and Buoywork | 2-1 |
Rigging and Deck Gear | 2-75 |
Towing | 3-239 |
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anchor attached Avast awning berthing bight Blake slip block boat boatrope bollards braidline bridle buoy buoyancy tube cable holder capstan Check coil coxswain danbuoy davit deck Delivering ship derrick diameter emergency breakaway engine ensure equipment eye splice fairlead fibre cordage fibre ropes firing ship fitted gear Gemini gunline hauling hawsepipe heaving helicopter hitch hoisting hook hose hoseline inboard jackstay joining shackle knot length lever Lifejacket liferaft lifting messenger metres mooring Naval stores operating outboard outhaul pass pendant personnel picking-up rope Polyamide Polyester polypropylene position raft Receiving ship recovery round Royal Navy Safety screw seaboat secured seizing ship's side signal sling sliprope soft eye speed splice starboard steel wire rope stern sterndrive stop stopper stowage stowed strands strop swivel tackle temporary guardrail thimble tonnes 220m towing hawser tuck turns Type 23 Frigates veered weight whipping wire rope