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Galleon
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
- A large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by european states from the 16th to 18th centuries.
- A large armed merchantman with two or three decks, square-rigged on fore and mainmasts, lateen- sailed on the mizzen, plus a large square-sail on the bowsprit. spanish galleons were heavily armed with (mostly) close-range anti-personnel weapons; english ones carried fewer but longer-range cannon.
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Merchantman, английский
- Any non-naval passenger- or cargo-carrying vessel, including cargo ships, tankers, and passenger ships but excluding troopships.
- A trading vessel employed in importing and exporting goods to and from any quarter of the globe.
- A vessel engaged in commercial trade, excluding vessels operating solely within harbor limits, and river and estuarial craft (also merchant ship, cargo ship, freighter).
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Belt armor, английский
A layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers, usually covering the warship from her main deck down to some distance below the waterline. if built within the hull, rather than forming the outer hull, the belt would be installed at an inclined angle to improve the warship`s protection from shells striking the hull.
Gennaker, английский
A large, lightweight sail used for sailing a fore-and-aft rig down or across the wind, intermediate between a genoa and a spinnaker.
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