Encyclopaedia of Ships and ShippingHerbert B. Mason |
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1st class battleship 3rd class cruiser Abbreviation adopted Admiral Admiralty appointed Approximate cost armament armoured cruiser Barbettes battle Beam Belt amidships British 1st class British torpedo-boat destroyer built Cape Captain capture cargo class battleship clause Coal maxi Coal maximum coast collision command Complement Conning tower construction Deck Displacement Distinguishing letters Dockyard draught 26ft Elswick Entered Navy expedition fishing boats registered fleet French Glasgow gross tonnage Guns harbour Island Japanese Krupp Length letters on sea lieutenant Line Liverpool lives lost Lloyd's London Lord Maxims Maximum draught medal ment mentioned in despatches Messrs miles Naval Architects Naval Brigade Navigation North passenger port rear-admiral River Royal Naval Royal Navy sail sea fishing boats served shipbuilding squadron steam steamers Steamship Steel Submerged tion tons Torpedo Tubes 18 torpedo-boat destroyer trade Turrets Twin screw underwriters vessel vice-admiral voyage Yacht Club yard
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Page 359 - NB — Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent., and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent, unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Page 133 - ... provided such loss or damage has not resulted from want of due diligence by the owners of the Ship, or any of them, or by the Manager.
Page 131 - And it is further agreed that if the ship hereby insured shall come into collision with any other ship or vessel and the assured shall in consequence thereof become liable to pay and shall pay by way of damages to any other person or persons any sum or sums...
Page 358 - Be it known that as well in own name, as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 130 - And it is especially declared and agreed that no acts of the insurer or insured in recovering, saving, or preserving the property insured shall be considered as a waiver or acceptance of abandonment.
Page 129 - Warranted free from particular average unless the vessel or craft be stranded, sunk, or burnt, but notwithstanding this warranty the underwriters are to pay the insured value of any package or packages which may be totally lost in loading, transhipment or discharge, also for any loss of or damage to the interest insured which may reasonably be attributed to fire...
Page 145 - Where by any of these Rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Page 134 - Warranted free of capture, seizure, and detention and the consequences thereof, or of any attempt thereat, piracy excepted, and also from all consequences of hostilities or warlike operations whether before or after declaration of war.
Page 344 - ... until the same be there discharged and safely landed. And it shall be lawful for the said ship, &c., in this voyage, to proceed and sail to and touch and stay at any ports or places whatsoever without prejudice to this insurance.
Page 486 - People, of what Nation, Condition, or Quality soever, Barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...