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to correct the range. However, Forester erred in describing the vessels as ketches, which by the early 19th century had been replaced by full-rigged ships, and in assigning the management of the mortars to Naval officers, rather than the Royal Marine
Artillery which had been formed for this specific
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destroying the land forts, and killing some 700 defenders. Two years later the French repeated their success at Genoa. The early French bomb vessels had two forward-pointing mortars fixed side-by-side on the foredeck. To aim these weapons, the entire ship was rotated by letting out or pulling in a
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is set ashore by his vindictive captain, for 'land service' during the siege of Toulon. There
Admiral Goodall gives him a bomb ketch, which he commands for several weeks until it is blown out of the water and sunk by a young Colonel of artillery named Buonaparte.
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capture two bomb ketches, which they subsequently use to thwart a French invasion plan in the
Mediterranean. Like the Hornblower books, The Ramage Touch describes in great detail the technical aspects of employing a bomb vessel during the Napoleonic era.
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with three masts, and two mortars, one between each neighboring pair of masts. The full rig also meant that bomb vessels could be used as escort sloops between bombardment missions; in 1805 the
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and other artillery. The first specialised bomb vessels were built towards the end of the 17th century, based on the designs of
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were employed rather than solid shot. Bomb vessels were specialized ships designed for bombarding (hence the name) fixed positions on land. In the 20th century, this
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sloop were both lost in a defence of their convoy. Bomb vessels often had the front rigging made of chain, to better withstand the muzzle blast of the mortars.
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947:. Starkville, MS: HTA Press.
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736:Spencer Tucker (2000).
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365:expedition of discovery
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1985:Full-rigged pinnace
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804:978-1-57356-557-8
779:978-1-84511-694-1
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3243:Mine planter
3221:Mine warfare
3187:Missile boat
3154:Torpedo boat
3114:Motor launch
3077:Patrol craft
2982:Radar picket
2788:Supercarrier
2532:Norfolk punt
2410:Mast aft rig
2319:Herring buss
2243:West Country
2165:Sloop-of-war
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1417:Mast aft rig
1365:Sailing rigs
1325:vessels and
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3089:Armed yacht
2811:Dreadnought
2798:Battleships
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2527:Mersey flat
2505:Other types
2294:Barca-longa
2196:Down Easter
1833:Bomb vessel
1785:K'un-lun po
1763:Quadriremes
1748:Penteconter
1635:Quadrimaran
1456:Barquentine
1372:Bermuda rig
1341:Age of Sail
1250:Bomb vessel
1200:Fourth-rate
1190:Second-rate
994:James Vol 6
982:James Vol 4
970:James Vol 4
958:James Vol 3
665:Alan Lewrie
645:Lord Ramage
641:Dudley Pope
630:G. A. Henty
566:George Back
531:During the
490:Devastation
326:, Georgia.
299:Ross Island
152:French Navy
134:Development
120:World War I
60:bomb vessel
50:during the
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3546:Ship types
3505:Guard ship
3379:Submarines
3314:Depot ship
3248:Minehunter
2491:Treenailed
2471:Lashed lug
2466:Inflatable
2445:Windsurfer
2430:Sportsboat
2379:Well smack
2248:Windjammer
2175:Trincadour
2145:Padewakang
1995:Man-of-war
1934:Trabaccolo
1873:Malangbang
1675:Vaka katea
1625:Pentamaran
1466:Brigantine
1427:Square rig
1422:Pinisi rig
1402:Lateen rig
1392:Gunter rig
1356:Navigation
1232:Sixth-rate
1227:Fifth-rate
1195:Third-rate
1183:Man-of-war
1178:First-rate
689:References
616:gun powder
597:In fiction
369:North Pole
303:Antarctica
250:underworld
184:Royal Navy
144:Edward III
92:carronades
76:naval ship
68:bomb ketch
3253:Minelayer
3068:Troopship
2996:Transport
2962:Escorteur
2942:Destroyer
2683:Broadside
2651:auxiliary
2646:submarine
2486:Tall ship
2314:Gableboat
2228:Leti leti
2218:Janggolan
2150:Post ship
2021:de armada
2010:Speronara
1738:Fire ship
1670:Va'a-tele
1595:Kora kora
1560:Catamaran
1526:Multihull
1432:Tanja rig
1377:Crab claw
1334:Overviews
1321:Types of
1275:Post ship
1260:Fire ship
1051:(1902) .
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582:Antarctic
554:HMS
547:HMS
386:Explosion
381:Discovery
354:Racehorse
284:HMS
277:HMS
265:Antarctic
246:volcanoes
210:with two
202:, London.
148:bombardes
112:carcasses
100:ballistic
88:long guns
64:bomb ship
21:Fire ship
3568:Category
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3228:Danlayer
3099:Corvette
2977:KaibĹŤkan
2846:Cruisers
2738:CAM ship
2693:Casemate
2629:warships
2440:Wharrams
2359:Sixareen
2354:Nordland
2349:Patorani
2135:Gundalow
2120:Gallivat
2105:Chialoup
2100:Bilander
2049:Corvette
1965:Galleass
1924:Lancaran
1883:Tongkang
1868:Longship
1818:Balinger
1718:Balangay
1665:Ungalawa
1660:Trimaran
1655:Tongiaki
1650:Tipairua
1501:Schooner
1397:Junk rig
1387:Gaff rig
1280:Schooner
1219:Frigates
1065:(1989).
712:Woolwich
672:See also
592:of 1845.
508:Another
442:in 1807.
424:Vesuvius
414:in 1801.
400:(1784),
273:icebergs
269:pack ice
257:cruisers
188:Huguenot
173:bombarde
128:monitors
82:was not
80:armament
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3294:Collier
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3104:Gunboat
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2698:Turrets
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2257:20th c.
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2184:19th c.
2110:Clipper
2093:18th c.
2079:Polacca
2059:Frigate
2037:17th c.
2005:Patache
2000:Manchua
1975:Flyboat
1960:Galleon
1943:16th c.
1914:Caravel
1904:Carrack
1897:15th c.
1863:Kondura
1828:Birlinn
1758:Trireme
1710:Ancient
1645:Tepukei
1600:Lakatoi
1590:Karakoa
1570:Guilalo
1555:Camakau
1540:Amatasi
1528:vessels
1496:Mistico
1471:Catboat
1412:Lug rig
1323:sailing
1270:Gunboat
649:Calypso
541:Vulcain
537:Cyclope
478:Volcano
471:at the
447:Thunder
419:Thunder
402:Volcano
394:Sulphur
367:to the
360:Carcass
224:Acheron
208:ketches
177:bombard
167:spring
160:galliot
96:mortars
84:cannons
54:in 1814
34:aboard
3444:U-boat
3172:E-boat
3139:Q-ship
2925:Escort
2567:Wherry
2542:Pausik
2400:Dinghy
2344:Mayang
2339:Masula
2334:Lugger
2329:Jukung
2233:Palari
2155:74-gun
2140:Lanong
2064:Galeas
1990:Lorcha
1955:Galiot
1919:Ghurab
1878:Shitik
1823:Benawa
1773:Dromon
1753:Bireme
1743:Galley
1605:Lanong
1575:Jukung
1545:Baurua
1476:Cutter
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562:Terror
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502:Terror
484:Meteor
432:, and
404:, and
398:Terror
286:Terror
279:Erebus
261:Arctic
235:shells
169:anchor
122:- and
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2987:Sloop
2932:Aviso
2522:Fusta
2476:Razee
2450:Yacht
2369:Smack
2364:Sgoth
2309:Fifie
2284:Bagan
2238:Tamar
2223:Lambo
2125:Garay
2028:Xebec
2017:round
1980:Fluyt
1970:Ghali
1888:Zabra
1853:Knarr
1795:Mtepe
1723:Boita
1680:Vinta
1640:Takia
1620:Paraw
1585:Kalia
1550:Bigiw
1535:ʻalia
1506:Sloop
1491:Ketch
511:Hecla
496:Aetna
453:Aetna
435:Zebra
429:Aetna
407:Zebra
390:Hecla
228:Arrow
212:masts
126:-era
108:bombs
102:arc.
3417:DSRV
3202:MTSM
2627:and
2557:Scow
2552:Pram
2496:ULDB
2481:Sewn
2384:Yoal
2289:Bago
2170:Toop
2130:Grab
2074:Pink
2069:Koff
1858:Koch
1848:Jong
1843:Hulk
1790:Lepa
1780:Junk
1733:Dhow
1630:Proa
1615:Pahi
1580:Kaep
1565:Drua
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1511:Snow
1461:Brig
1327:rigs
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