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Page 88
... échelon , so disposed as to be under the eye of the commander , and within good signalling dis- tance , ever ready to execute the movements which he may order . 105. Modern military science renounces the practice of fighting in parallel ...
... échelon , so disposed as to be under the eye of the commander , and within good signalling dis- tance , ever ready to execute the movements which he may order . 105. Modern military science renounces the practice of fighting in parallel ...
Page 90
... échelon of ships or line ahead , for offensive or defensive measures , as the case may require , by a simple movement of each ship . 108. The columns of a steam fleet should be arranged in two lines of bearing , making with each other ...
... échelon of ships or line ahead , for offensive or defensive measures , as the case may require , by a simple movement of each ship . 108. The columns of a steam fleet should be arranged in two lines of bearing , making with each other ...
Page 91
... échelon , and the formation of the whole into order of battle in any direction . Line may be formed in the direction A B ( fig . 8 ) , by bringing up the heads of the three columns , l , n , p , into that alignment , and then forming ...
... échelon , and the formation of the whole into order of battle in any direction . Line may be formed in the direction A B ( fig . 8 ) , by bringing up the heads of the three columns , l , n , p , into that alignment , and then forming ...
Page 93
... échelon formations are at all times possible and easily put in practice , and should be gene- rally used not only in orders of movement , but in * Lines of bearing , when the ships are disposed en échelon , are commonly called by seamen ...
... échelon formations are at all times possible and easily put in practice , and should be gene- rally used not only in orders of movement , but in * Lines of bearing , when the ships are disposed en échelon , are commonly called by seamen ...
Page 94
... échelon , on the same tack , at six points from the wind . Thus the ships might be in line ahead , as at A B ( fig . 11 ) , or on the same tack ( starboard ) in the Fig . 11 . B - F BJJ . JJ line of bearing A C ; or they might be in ...
... échelon , on the same tack , at six points from the wind . Thus the ships might be in line ahead , as at A B ( fig . 11 ) , or on the same tack ( starboard ) in the Fig . 11 . B - F BJJ . JJ line of bearing A C ; or they might be in ...
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action Admiral advantage angle armies attack axis Basilisk blades British broadside batteries centre columns consumption of fuel cylinder deck defence direction divisions double échelon enemy enemy's fleet enemy's line engine England equal Essays evolutions Fcap feet fire flank force formation formed French frigates gunnery guns HERMANN MELVILLE History horse-power Journal leeward length line abreast line ahead line of battle line of bearing Lord manœuvre Memoir military military tactics motion movement naval tactics naval warfare navy oblique oblique order order of battle paddle paddle iron paddle-boards paddle-wheels piston Plates Portrait position Post 8vo pressure principles propelling rear Royal rudder sailing ships screw corvette screw nearly ready screw-propeller screw-steamers screw-vessels Second Edition ships in line sloop-of-war speed starboard steam fleets steam-ships steamers stern surface tack Third Edition tion trials trunk velocity vertical vessel Vols Voyage wheel wind windward Woodcuts yoke
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