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Slave Ships Slave Ships
SLAVE SHIPS SLAVE SHIPS. The earliest ships used to transport human beings from Africa to enslavement in North America were converted merchantmen; later, special vessels were built, equipped with air scuttles, ports, and open gratings. The first American ship to carry enslaved Africans was the... Read more
Fleet Train Fleet Train
Fleet Train, term used to describe the supply and repair ships that supported Allied warships during the Pacific war. convoys would sail from the US west coast to an intermediate port where ships of the Fleet Train would load supplies, ammunition, and fuel and transport them to the ships in... Read more
keel keel
keel. 1. The lowest and principal timber of a wooden ship, or the lowest continuous line of plates of a steel or iron ship, which extend the whole length of the vessel and to which the stem, sternpost, and ribs or timbers of the vessel are attached. It could be called the backbone of the ship and... Read more
tonnage tonnage
tonnage, originally the charge for the hire of a ship at so much a ton of its burthen. It was also a tax, first levied in 1303 by Edward I of England, on all imports brought by ship into England. A second tax, known as tunnage, of three shillings on each tun of wine imported, was levied in 1347... Read more
pratique pratique
pratique, a certificate given to a ship when it arrives from a foreign port when the port health officer at the port of arrival is satisfied that the health of all on board is good and that there are no cases of notifiable diseases in the ship. A ship remains in quarantine on arrival in port until... Read more
freight freight
freight, goods transported in a ship, or the money paid for the transport of such goods. Freight, in its meaning of goods transported, is specified in the bill of lading and when shipped c.i.f., which indicates that the quoted price for shipment includes cost, insurance, and freight, remains the... Read more
spanker spanker
spanker, the fore-and-aft sail set from the mizzen of square-rigged ships, usually with a gaff and a boom. Although used for propulsion, the principal function of the spanker is to aid the ship in manoeuvre and to be set to assist in the balance of the helm. It grew so large in the big grain... Read more
pilot pilot
pilot person responsible for safe navigation of a ship or airplane. A ship's pilot is an individual possessing local knowledge of coastal waters. Usually licensed by public authority (in the United States, by the U.S. Coast Guard), he is taken on board to conduct a ship to or from port. The... Read more
seamanship seamanship
seamanship, in its widest sense, is the whole art of taking a ship from one place to another at sea. It is an amalgam of all the arts of designing a ship and its motive power, whether sail, steam propulsion, or other means, of working it when at sea, and in harbour, and the science of navigation.... Read more
burthen burthen
burthen, the term used in Britain to express a ship's tonnage, or carrying capacity. It was based on the number of tuns of wine that a ship could carry in its holds, the total number giving its burthen. The term remained as an expression of a ship's size until the end of the 18th century, but its... Read more

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