The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 20. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1851 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... SHORE OF PALAWAN . * - Extract of a Letter from Com . Bate , R.N. , H.M.S. Royalist , August 1850 . WE sailed from Hong - Kong on the 3rd of April , and after obtaining some off - shore soundings to render more complete our survey of ...
... SHORE OF PALAWAN . * - Extract of a Letter from Com . Bate , R.N. , H.M.S. Royalist , August 1850 . WE sailed from Hong - Kong on the 3rd of April , and after obtaining some off - shore soundings to render more complete our survey of ...
Page 13
... shore of Antigua , which takes a south - west direction for the distance of a mile and a half , where it terminates in two bold precipitous rocky head- lands 215 feet high , which are very remarkable , especially when the sun shines on ...
... shore of Antigua , which takes a south - west direction for the distance of a mile and a half , where it terminates in two bold precipitous rocky head- lands 215 feet high , which are very remarkable , especially when the sun shines on ...
Page 15
... shore close , giving the Bluff a berth of a cable's length ; and having rounded the buoy close to starboard , keep the leading mark on until the Dockyard staff is on with the end of Fort Barclay , then luff close up , take in the ...
... shore close , giving the Bluff a berth of a cable's length ; and having rounded the buoy close to starboard , keep the leading mark on until the Dockyard staff is on with the end of Fort Barclay , then luff close up , take in the ...
Page 16
... shore , and readily distinguished when seen from the east or west . We have observed before , that this part of the shore , although , skirted by a rocky ledge , in most parts may be safely approached to within half - a - mile . Ding a ...
... shore , and readily distinguished when seen from the east or west . We have observed before , that this part of the shore , although , skirted by a rocky ledge , in most parts may be safely approached to within half - a - mile . Ding a ...
Page 17
... shore at a distance of four - tenths of a mile , between which and the shore there is very excel- leut anchorage and a good watering place . At the eastern entrance there is not less than twenty - five feet water , the western entrance ...
... shore at a distance of four - tenths of a mile , between which and the shore there is very excel- leut anchorage and a good watering place . At the eastern entrance there is not less than twenty - five feet water , the western entrance ...
Contents
28 | |
49 | |
92 | |
127 | |
140 | |
148 | |
158 | |
165 | |
387 | |
393 | |
424 | |
430 | |
449 | |
484 | |
529 | |
558 | |
603 | |
607 | |
615 | |
617 | |
633 | |
675 | |
686 | |
692 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Admiralty anchor anchorage appears arrived bank barometer beach bear boat brig Cape Cape Charles Cape Lopez Capt Captain Trotter channel chart coast Commander consignee crew cruize Curlew danger deck distance east eastward English entrance fathoms feet fish floe Foveaux Strait gale Galway give Gulf of Smyrna half harbour hills Island John labour Labrador land Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool mariners master mate merchant miles morning natives nature Nautical navigation night north-west northward o'clock observed officers passage passed pirates Point Arenas port Recife reef river rock round sail Sailors sand Sandwich Bay schooner seamen seen sent ship shoal shore side Smyrna southward steamers steered Stewart Island Strait supercargo survey SW SW Tabasco tide Tomkinson tons town trade Turkish vessel voyage weather westward whilst wind
Popular passages
Page 67 - And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive...
Page 68 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 646 - Acts before a court of summary jurisdiction. The term "Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 514 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Page 658 - SIR: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of...
Page 597 - Whereas the recognised Rule for sailing vessels is— That those having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind , That, when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand...
Page 647 - Seas; and for the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this Act every offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint to have arisen, either in the place in which the same actually was committed or arose, or in any place on land where the offender or person complained against may be or be brought.
Page 474 - ... it is rather to be considered as a magnificent military sketch, than a very accurate map of a country...
Page 328 - Majesty, or being navigated wholly in ballast), and for every foreign vessel which by any Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Convention or Treaty, shall be privileged to enter the ports of the United Kingdom, upon paying the same duties of tonnage as are paid by British vessels, the...
Page 645 - Trade" or any other person hereby authorized to enter and inspect any " ship" or other premises in the execution of his duty, whether on board any " ship" or elsewhere, may be seized and detained by such inspector or other person, or by any person or persons whom he may call to his assistance, until such offender can be conveniently taken before some Justice of the Peace...