INCOMMODÉ, disabled by the loss of masts, sails, or rigging. See DÉSEMPARÉ.

INGÉNIEUR de la marine, an officer who constructs the fortifications of a sea-port, either for attack or defence: also a person employed to survey coasts, draw sea-charts, and teach the theory of navigation.

INONDER, to overflow a country, as by an inundation of the sea.

INSPECTEUR des constructions, an officer whose duty is nearly similar to that of our surveyors of the navy.

INTENDANT de marine, an officer who, by his duty and authority, resembles our resident commissioner of a dock-yard. See COMMISSAIRE général de la marine, where his office is particularly described.

INTENDANT des armées navales, an officer appointed to regulate the justice, police, and finances of a naval armament.

INTENDANT général de la marine, a commissioner-general of all the royal dock-yards and ports of the kingdom.

INTERLOPRES, smugglers, or contraband traders.

INTÉRRESSÉS. See CHARGEURS.

INVESTIR, to touch, or stop at any port in a voyage; also to be driven into a road or harbour.

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