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FACTOR to To FALL a-stern
To FALL calm to FETCHING the pump
FID to FIRE-SHIP
FID
Sea-FIGHT
To FILL
FIRE-ARROW
FIRE-SHIP
FISH to To FLAT-IN
To FLAT-IN FORWARD to FLUSH
FLY of an ensign to FORE-CASTLE
FORE-CAT-HARPINS to FORE-STAY
FORE-TOP to FOTHERING
FOUL to FRESH
To FRESHEN the bawse to FUTTOCK-SHROUDS
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FIRE-SHIP (continued)
| Number of Stores of each nature. | Interior diameter of each end. | Interior diameter of the bulge. | Heighth of the composition. | Greatest height. | Weight. empty. | Length of one. | Diameter, or the breadth of one. | |||||||
| Feet. | Inches, | Feet. | Inches, | Feet. | Inches, | Feet. | Inches, | Feet. | Inches, | Feet. | Inches, | |||
| Fire barrels, | 8 | 8½ | 9½ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Curtains, | 30 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bavins, | 200 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Port fires, | 24 | |||||||||||||
| long Reeds | 150 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| short Reeds | 75 | 6 | 2 | 4½ | ||||||||||
| short double dipt, | 75 | 6 | 2 | 4½ | ||||||||||
| Composition in barrels, for firing, | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| Quick match in barrels, | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hand grenadoes, | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Chambers for ports, | 12 |
| Composition | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Swedish pitch. | Tallow. | Corn powder. | Salt petre. | Rosin. | Sulphur | Mealed powder. | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | C. | Qr. | lb. | |
| Fire barrels, | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| long Reeds | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Composition in barrels, for firing | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 126, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0524.html