to navigate a ship
21navigate — v 1. pilot, steer, skipper, Naut. con; drive, guide, direct, manage, plot the course. 2. cruise, sail, yacht, coast, go down to the sea, ship out; plow the waves, ride the waves, ride the bounding main, circumnavigate; fly, aviate, go by plane. 3 …
22navigate — [ˈnævɪˌgeɪt] verb 1) [I] to use maps or other equipment in order to decide which way to go in a ship, plane, or car 2) [T] to follow a path through a difficult place 3) [T] formal to deal effectively with a complicated situation …
23Junk (ship) — This article is about the history of the sailing vessel in China. For modern developments and sailing techniques, see Junk rig. A junk from the 13th Century, Song Dynasty …
24La Belle (ship) — La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle s four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present day Matagorda Bay the… …
25Arniston (ship) — The Arniston was an East Indiaman ship that was wrecked on 30 May 1815 during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa with the loss of 372 lives and only 6 survivors. She had been requisitioned as troopship and was underway from …
26Cyclone class patrol ship — In 1990, the Navy awarded a contract to Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard of Lockport, LA for construction of eight Patrol Coastal (PC) ships based on the Vosper Thornycroft Patrol Craft hull design. A follow on contract for five additional… …
27No-ship — A no ship is a fictional type of spacecraft from the Dune science fiction series by Frank Herbert.Essentially, a no ship is a type of no chamber that can be used for interstellar transportation. Like a no chamber, anything inside a no ship is… …
28The White Ship (story) — The White Ship is a short story written by science fiction and horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919.Unlike many of Lovecraft’s other tales, The White Ship does not directly tie… …
29Harlem River Ship Canal — The Harlem River Ship Canal is a channel connecting the Hudson River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the Harlem River in New York City, separating the neighborhood of Marble Hill, located on the mainland from the island of Manhattan. Marble Hill,… …
30letting of ship on shares — The transaction whereby the owner of a vessel lets her to the master who operates on shares or, as sometimes stated on a lay. The master is intrusted with entire possession and control, with the right to employ and navigate the vessel as he sees… …
