PreviousNext
Page 487
Previous/Next Page		 William Falconer's Dictionary of the MarineReference Works
----------
Table of Contents
E

EARINGS to ENGAGEMENT

ENGAGEMENT to ENGAGEMENT

ENSIGN to EXERCISE
ENSIGN
ENTERING ROPES
ENTRANCE
To EQUIP
ESCUTCHEON
EXCHANGE
EXERCISE

EXERCISE to EYES of a ship

Search

Contact us

EXERCISE

EXERCISE is the preparatory practice of managing the artillery and small-arms, in order to make the ship's crew perfectly skilled therein, so as to direct it's execution successfully in the time of battle.

The exercise of the great guns has, till the late war, been very complicated, and abounding with superfluities, in our navy, as well as all others. The following method was then successfully introduced by an officer of distinguished abilities.

EXERCISE of the great guns.

1st. Silence.

2d. Cast loose your guns.

3d. Level your guns.

4th.Take out your tompions.

5th. Run out your guns.

6th. Prime.

7th. Point your guns.

8th. Fire.

Previous Page Reference Works Next Page

© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 116, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0487.html