 | English literature - 1818 - 582 pages
...usual dimtnsiuns ; that if assailed by numbers, they would lip always able to lead a head; that lhe\ could never be obliged to go into action but on their...in heavy weather, they would be capable of engaging double deck " It appears that the first estimate rendered to Congress, was for Frigates of the common... | |
 | United States Naval Institute - Marine engineering - 1926 - 1390 pages
...frigate, and if others (of the emy) should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never, obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in a calm." ie Constitvttfni and her sisters were built as Humphreys suggested, and in his book, The Frujatc "Constitution,"... | |
 | Military art and science - 1884 - 720 pages
...terms, except in a calm ; and that, in heavy weather, they would be capable of .engaging double-deck ships. These are the principal advantages contemplated...they will more than compensate for having materially ssvelled the body of expenditures." Mr. Humphreys met with some opposition; and one of the frigates,... | |
 | Edgar Stanton Maclay - 1893 - 714 pages
...usual dimension ; that if assailed by numbers they would always be able to lead ahead ; that they would never be obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in a calm ; and that in heavier weather they would be capable of engaging double-decked ships." Tlnis, at the outset, American... | |
 | Ira Nelson Hollis - United States - 1900 - 348 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action, but on their own terms, except in a calm ; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage doubledeck ships. Those reasons... | |
 | Ira Nelson Hollis - United States - 1900 - 344 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action, but on their own terms, except in a calm ; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage doubledeck ships. Those reasons... | |
 | ira n. hollis - 1900 - 350 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action, but on their own terms, except in a calm; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage doubledeck ships. Those reasons weighed... | |
 | Frederic Stanhope Hill - Confederate States of America - 1905 - 652 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action, but on their own terms, except in a calm; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage double-deck ships. The wisdom of... | |
 | Gardner Weld Allen - History - 1909 - 394 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in a calm; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage double-deck ships. These reasons... | |
 | Gardner Weld Allen - United States - 1909 - 406 pages
...to any European frigate, and if others should be in company, our frigates can always lead ahead and never be obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in a calm ; in blowing weather our ships are capable of engaging to advantage double-deck ships. These reasons... | |
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able to lead ahead ; that they could never be obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in a calm; and that, in heavy weather, they would be capable of engaging double-decked ships. These are the principal advantages contemplated from the... 
