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Bomb vessel - Wikipedia
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (long guns or carronades) en.wikipedia.org
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Eighteenth Century Bomb Ketch - Revolutionary War Journal
Bomb Ketch, galiote a bombe, or simply Bomb, were men-of-war sailing vessels that were in use for approximately 150 years (circa 1680 ... revolutionarywarjournal.com
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Bomb ketch | ship - Britannica
Two large mortars hurling bombs of about 200 pounds (91 kg), were developed by France in the late 1600s and were used with devastating effect against Barbary ... www.britannica.com
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bomb-ketch
† ˈbomb-ketch Obs. [See bomb and ketch.] A small ketch-rigged vessel, carrying one or two mortars for bombarding.1693 Lond. Gaz. No. 2862/2 Several Bomb-ketches, Fire-ships, etc. 1762 Gentl. Mag. 341 Four French men of war and a bomb-ketch, entered the bay. 1830 I. Taylor The Ship 105 The bomb-ketch... Oxford English Dictionary
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List of bomb vessels of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia
Bomb vessels were designed to bombard enemy positions on land, such as towns and fortresses. For this they were fitted with one or two mortars that could fire ... en.wikipedia.org
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Warship; Bomb vessel | Royal Museums Greenwich
A contemporary model of the midship section of a bomb ketch circa 1760. The hull is painted white below the waterline and the gunwale above is painted black. www.rmg.co.uk
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Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet
In August 1741 he was given command of the bomb-ketch HMS Thunder and posted to Admiral Vernon's squadron in the West Indies. wikipedia.org
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The Navy Discovers Shore Bombardment | Naval History Magazine
The ketch was a two-masted square-rigged vessel; it looked like a ship missing its foremast. Bomb ketches were strongly built and fitted with more riders than ... www.usni.org
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Getting a few bomb Ketch's, or getting a few Rocket Ships? - Reddit
The Bomb Ketch is less expensive when compared to the Rocket ship, but the Rocket Ship has ten cannons, five on each side plus mortars. www.reddit.com
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bomb ketch - Ships of Scale
French bomb vessel 'La Salamandre' (1758), Scale 1:96 by Miniature Arts. Kit in review: La Salamandre (1758) Plank On Frame model, full hull kit by Miniature ... shipsofscale.com
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Bomb Ketch (Napoleon - Total War Wiki
Bomb ketches are support ships, lobbing mortars at distant targets during naval battles. While inaccurate, mortars deal heavy damage if they find their targets. totalwar.fandom.com
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What was a Bomb Vessel? #Military Units 101 - YouTube
What were Bomb Vessels? Bomb Vessels were the most specialized sailing warships in Nelson's Navy. Find out why they were built and what they ... www.youtube.com
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ketch
▪ I. ketch, n.1 Naut. (kɛtʃ) [Later form of cache, catch n.2, with e for a as in keg, kennel, kestrel, etc.] A strongly-built two-masted vessel, usually from 100 to 250 tons burden, formerly much used as a bomb-vessel (see bomb-ketch); now a similarly rigged small coasting vessel.[1481 —: see catch ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Raid on Alexandria (Virginia)
Gordon began his departure in stages, first sending the bomb-ketch Meteor and the sloop Fairy ahead on September 1, to reconnoiter. wikipedia.org
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bombard
▪ I. bombard, n. (ˈbɒm-, ˈbʌmbəd) Forms: 5–7 bumbard, 6 boumbard, 5–9 bombarde, 6– bombard. [a. OF. bombarde ‘a murthering-piece’ (Cotgr.), in med.L. bombarda, originally a mechanical engine for throwing large stones (see Du Cange); prob. f. L. bombus a humming noise + -arda, fem. form of Romance su... Oxford English Dictionary
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