"Sam, with a live coal in his eye, dancing about, blind with rage, cleared the shelves of crockery with his toasting fork; and coming to anchor in a large block-tin dish cover, sat down to swear," the man wrote in the paper.
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The Bonnie Princess then arrived from Liverpool and so the Fenella cast off the pontoon and proceeded to swing prior to coming to anchor in the part of the straights known as the Swillies. During the course of executing this manoeuvre, Fenella′s starboard bilge struck the Half Tide Rock, where she grounded, and water began to enter the vessel.
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Greenwich Hospital in 1866 by Captain Palmer's widow. Palmer's first task was to pull both ships away from the immediate shoreline; in addition to the risk of grounding, a French gun battery had opened fire at random in the dark, shot striking both British and French ships. By 07:00 both Hebrus and Etoile had been successfully extracted around Jobourg point, coming to anchor near the coastal village of Vauville.James, p.
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Highly elated by their success, the Illyrians continued the siege of Corcyra with more security and confidence. The Corcyreans, whose hopes were crushed by the repulse of their allies and after enduring the siege for a short time longer, came to terms with the Illyrians. As a result, Corcyra received a garrison under the command of Demetrius of Pharos. After this the Illyrian commanders sailed off immediately and coming to anchor at Epidamnos, set yet another siege to city.
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Ships coming to anchor in the Carrick Roads would employ a Falmouth Quay Punt to be a runabout while they were in port. Traditionally, the first punt to come in contact with a ship as it came into the channel would get the job of looking after her while she was in port, so the punts would often range far to the west in the hope of finding a ship and getting custom. Typical jobs while in port would include running fresh provisions or mail out to the ship, and taking passengers ashore.
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Suddenly the ship > lurched violently and I fell and rolled in snow slush right across the > verandah, coming to anchor with a crash on the port side, in the midst of > some chairs and tables that were lashed securely there. Once there, I made > use of the opportunity to take some snaps, and I very much hope they will be > good — I’m sure I deserve it after all I went through. In English, these words come via the translator, Edith Mary Garland Jayne (1874-1945), an "accomplished linguist", and daughter of Emily and Francis Jayne.'The Late Miss Jayne' in the Chester Chronicle, 20 January 1945, p8 The Times reported that after the 1933 voyage Rachlew planned to go back to South Africa, where the travellers were assembling for the "11-days trip to Enderby Land".
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The Scipion on entering the harbour ran aboard the brûlot, chalk drawing, one of 12 sketches by Reinagle of the Battle of Navarino George Philip Reinagle (1802 – 6 December 1835) was an English marine painter, youngest son of Ramsay Richard Reinagle. He was a pupil of his father, but he gained much facility in the treatment of marine subjects by copying the works of the Dutch painters Ludolf Backhuysen and Willem van de Velde. He exhibited first at the Royal Academy in 1822, when he sent a portrait of a gentleman; but in 1824 he contributed a 'Ship in a Storm firing a Signal of Distress', and a 'Calm', and in 1825 'A Dutch Fleet at the Seventeenth Century coming to Anchor in a Breeze', and other naval subjects in the following years. In 1827 he was present on board the Mosquito at the battle of Navarino and on his return he drew on stone, and published in 1828, 'Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin,' which was followed by 'Illustrations of the Occurrences at the Entrance of the Bay of Patras between the English Squadron and Turkish Fleets 1827.
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