At 1:00 brought to on port chain and hove in to 45 fms. A shackle slipping on the lip of the capstan caused the sampson post to be thrown from its socket, thus releasing the chain from the capstan; about 20 fms ran out before the chain could be checked, and great danger was caused to the men in the chain lockers, and those heaving on the capstan. The deck-tackle was used after this accident.
Took on board Peter Goldy, a distressed American citizen, for passage to the coast.
At 10:00 exploded an 100 lb torpedo from torpedo spar on port bow; in rigging out the spar partially carried away the eye in the socket on the heel. The explosion carried away about 5 feet of the outer end of the spar. Also exploded two 60 pdr torpedoes (constructed on board ship) from the steam cutter; one from the bow, the other from the beam, using boxes as targets.
TORPEDO.
A cartilaginous fish allied to the rays, furnished with electrical organs, by means of which it is able to give powerful shocks.
Also, a contrivance for blowing up ships of war by means of a submerged apparatus.
In modern language, a "torpedo" is an underwater self-propelled explosive, but historically, the term also applied to primitive naval mines. These were used on an ad hoc basis during the early modern period up to the late 19th century. Early spar torpedoes were created by the Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel in the employ of King James I of England; he attached explosives to the end of a beam affixed to one of his submarines and they were used (to little effect) during the English expeditions to La Rochelle in 1626.
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Rear Admiral David Farragut's famous/apocryphal command during the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" refers to a minefield laid at Mobile, Alabama.
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In 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo. French and German inventions followed closely, and the term torpedo came to describe self-propelled projectiles that traveled under or on water.
I believe Shenandoah 1868 has the record for course changes. Here are the course entries on April 10, 1868 while trying to navigate around Chodo Island, North Korea.Michael wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:10 am 29 November
At sea, bound for Talcahuano, Chile.
How many courses can they log in an hour?
- 9 PM: 1;
- 10PM: 2;
- 11PM: 3; and,
- Midnight: 4!!!
I claim this as a record!!!
Nine course changes in just a half hour!!!Courses stood between 7:30 & 8 AM, about 5 minutes each course.
SExS
SExE3/4E
SExS3/4S
SExS
ExS
E
NExE
NE
NNE
