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 Bomb vessel - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
They were awkward vessels to handle in terms of seamanship, in part because bomb ketches typically had the masts stepped farther aft than would have been normal in other vessels of similar rig, in order to accommodate the mortars forward.
Because bomb vessels were built with extremely strong hulls to withstand the recoil of the mortars, several were converted in time of peace as ships for exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, where pack ice and icebergs were a constant menace.
Bomb vessels Discovery, Explosion, Hecla, Sulphur, Terror, Volcano, and Zebra participated in the 1st Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
en.freepedia.org /Bomb_ketch.html   (535 words)

  
 Bomb ketch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ketch: Morning In Maine A 55' ketch captained by marine biologist, Bob Pratt.
The Atomic Bomb Describes the process of fission as it relates to the bomb, covers the effects on people and buildings, has a timeline of events in the development of the bomb, and photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as other bomb effects.
The Atomic Bomb -- Truman's Decision Discusses the apportionment of blame, options to the use of the bomb, the impact of the bomb on Japan, and the impact of the use of the bomb on the world.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bomb_ketch.html   (507 words)

  
 bomb - definition by dict.die.net
Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.
Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.
Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
dict.die.net /bomb   (338 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: USS Intrepid (1798)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The bomb ketch was one of several Tripolitan vessels capturing Philadelphia 31 October 1803 after the American frigate had run fast aground on uncharted Kaliusa reef some 5 miles east of Tripoli.
Bomb vessels attacking Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore A bomb ketch, bomb vessel, bomb ship, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship.
The ketch remained in Syracuse with only a midshipman and a few men on board while the squadron was at sea during the next few months.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Intrepid-(1798)   (1688 words)

  
 Bomb - Definition of Bomb by Webster's Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
bomb - Atari ST and Macintosh equivalents of a Unix "panic" or Amiga guru, in which icons of little fl-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that the system has died.
Logic bombs are triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a specific date is reached.
To see a bomb in your dream, signifies that you may be going through a potentially explosive and trying situation in your waking life.
www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/Bomb   (413 words)

  
 BOMB - Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Dreaming of a bomb means that you may be going through a potentially explosive and trying situation in your waking life.
The bomb could represent repressed desires and unexpressed emotions that are likely to explode or burst if not dealt with soon.
Dreaming of a bomb threat, suggests that you are experiencing some inner anger and/or pressures which are on the verge of exploding into violence.
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 USS Vesuvius (1806)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
USS Vesuvius, the first ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a bomb ketch built by Jacob Coffin at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
She was launched on 31 May 1806 and commissioned in or before September 1806 with Lieutenant James T. Leonard in command.
After repairs at the Washington Navy Yard, the ketch pressed on for New York and arrived on 6 September 1810.
www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_vesuvius__1806_.html   (441 words)

  
 The Ketch Ship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Ketch ship was similar to the yacht hull but it was only a ketch if the vessel had square yards and a mizzen.
We know little of the early rig of ketches and perhaps, as is so often the case in early times, the word applied originally to the form of hull rather than to the rig.
That which holds our interest more than anything else in connection with ketches is a twofold development of the rig, for we may disregard differences of hull and, in so far as the limits of this article goes, confine ourselves to a discussion of the vessel's apparel.
www.webguru.com /ketch-ship-mizzen.htm   (549 words)

  
 Bomb ketch -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A bomb ketch was a type of wooden sailing (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship with two (A vertical spar for supporting sails) masts.
Its primary armament was not (A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels) cannons ((additional info and facts about long gun) long guns and (additional info and facts about carronade) carronades), but rather (Used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall) mortars mounted forward near the bow.
An awkward vessel to handle in terms of (Skill in sailing) seamanship.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bomb_ketch.htm   (97 words)

  
 Definition of plutonium bomb
bomb intended to be dropped from high-altitude [[bomber aircraft]].
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The [[bombing of Dresden in World War II]] is a source of co...
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 USS Intrepid
She was subsequently sold to Tripoli, whom she served as Mastico The bomb ketch was one of several Tripolitan vessels capturing Philadelphia 31 October 1803 after the American frigate had run fast aground on uncharted Kaliusa reef some 5 miles east of Tripoli.
After a time-consuming search for a translator, the ketch's papers and the testimony of an English ship master who had been in Tripoli to witness her role in operations against Philadelphia convinced the commander of the American squadron, Commodore Edward Preble that Ua$tico was a legitimate prize.
The ketch remained iu Syracuse with only a midshipman and a few men on board while the squadron was at sea during the next few months.
www.multied.com /navy/MISC/intrepid.html   (743 words)

  
 Define Ketch : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
in pronunciation.] [1913 Webster] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.
ketch n : a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
www.indictionary.com /define/Ketch   (348 words)

  
 mortar - definition by dict.die.net
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.
Mortar boat or vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.
dict.die.net /mortar   (294 words)

  
 barbary ketch
Refitted and renamed Intrepid, the ketch was given to Enterprise's command-ing officer, Lieutenantof a powerful warship.
Floating Battery Bomb Vesselpredominantly in the Mediterranean by Spain, France, Turkey and the Barbary pirates.
Floating Battery Ketch A 2-masted vessel used by all nationalities and
www.searcheverywhere.co.uk /search/for/barbary+ketch   (137 words)

  
 Doran Bay Ships - Gallery
Depending on the size and level of complexity, it is not uncommon for construction to require several hundred hours of painstaking effort.
Known as 'Duquesne bomb ketches', LA CANDELARIA fired projectiles often weighing as much as 90 kgs each at high elevation above fortifications, towns and ports occupied by the enemy.
Such bomb ketches played an important role in the siege and bombardment of the town of Algiers in 1662.
www.doranbayships.com /cgi-win/doran.exe?LISTING=3453   (217 words)

  
 BOMB - Definition
[v] throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
bomb calorimeter, bombard, dud, fail, flunk, flush it, turkey
General synonym for crash except that it is not used as a noun.
www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/bomb   (399 words)

  
 bomb ketch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
General Cargo Ships - 4,830 DWT (S40224020) bomb ketch
The overall success of these yachts is testament to the "bomb proof" specifications of his designs.
s; saloon with adjacent galley with bar area; spacious fore and aft decks; ketch rigging flok and genoa; 4.20 m tender with 5HP outboard.
www.maritimecentral.com /s/13469/bomb_ketch.htm   (276 words)

  
 USS Vesuvius
The first Vesuvius—a bomb ketch built by Jacob Coffin at Newburyport, Mass.—was launched on 31 May 1806; and commissioned in or before September 1806, Lt. James T. Leonard in command.
In the same month, boats from Vesuvius, under the command of Midshipman F. Gregory, captured pirate schooner Diomede and slaver Alexandria—the latter with a full cargo of slaves on board and flying British colors.
David Porter, commander of the New Orleans station, embarked in Vesuvius before the bomb ketch departed New Orleans on 10 June 1810, bound via Havana, Cuba, for Washington.
www.navyhistory.com /MISC%202/vesuvius.html   (396 words)

  
 definition of bomb
Bomb, Bombard, Boom, Buzzing, Fired, From, Great, Hollow, Humming, Ketch, Like, Make, Noise, Or, See, Shell, Sound, Spherical, Those, To
Bomb, Bombard, Boom, Esp, Hollow, Ketch, Like, Make, Noise, Or, See, Shell, Sound, To
Bomb, Boom, Fired, From, Great, Hollow, Humming, Make, Noise, See, Shell, Sound, Those, Bombard, Buzzing
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 ketch - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Ketch, Ketch : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
Phrases that include ketch: jack ketch, bomb ketch, john ketch, ketch john, ketch rigged
www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=ketch   (221 words)

  
 bomb from On-line Medical Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A great bomb in the chamber beneath." (Bacon)
A spherical shell, like those fired from mortars.
Bomb chest, a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; called also mortar vessel.
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 vesuvis1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The first Vesuvius-a bomb ketch built by Jaeob Coffin at Newburyport, Mass.-was launched on 31 May 1806; and commissioned in or before September 1806, Lt. James T. Leonard in command.
In the same month, boats from Vesuvius, under the command of Midshipman F. Gregory, captured pirate schooner Diomede and slaver Alexandria-the latter with a full cargo of slaves on board and flying British colors.
The lad -who would later change his name to David Glasgow Farragut and ultimately become the Navy's first admiral-was experiencing his first sea voyage.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/sail/vesuvis1.htm   (429 words)

  
 Antics, Mantua / Sergal 1:47 HMS Racehorse - British Bomb Ketch Kit (793)
If on examination you feel you would prefer another model, you are free to return any item for a full refund, providing of course that it hasn’t been started.
Reproduction of a ketch strengthened by the British for Arctic exploration which also had the ability to withstand the pressures of large mounted mortars and were referred to as “Bomb vessels”, the Racehorse together with similar vessels was used during the wars with Russia.
Nelson served as midshipman on a similar ship to this model.
www.shipmodels.co.uk /512_1_1031468.html   (326 words)

  
 ketch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ketch \Ketch\, v.
in pronunciation.] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ketch n : a two-masted sailing vessel
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 ketch - Auctions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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