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1- Fortunately both ships had struck their topmasts and damage was light.

2- The rope used for sending topmasts up and down.

3- During this refit, her funnel and topmasts were raised.

4- Traditional rigged vessels differ from modern sailing vessels with gaff rigs, topmasts and topsails.

5- Every detail of the apparatus is examined, including of course the wires strung from the topmasts .

6- The two topmasts of the “Temeraire” then came down, falling on board of us.

7- Special topmasts which could be varied in height in increments of 5 feet were added to the cage masts.

8- By 09:30 however the “Astell” was forced to reduce sail or risk snapping her topmasts .

9- Hawkins also introduced detachable topmasts ; they could be hoisted and used in good weather and stowed in heavy seas.

10- At 16:15, two of “Droits de l’Homme”‘s topmasts broke in the strong winds.

11- She was towed in here and righted that night and left for Edgartown on the 29th, her topmasts all housed.

12- Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and gaff rigs and the ability to construct taller, hollow masts of aluminum and steel, separate topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern designs.

13- Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and gaff rigs and the ability to construct taller, hollow masts of aluminum and steel, separate topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern designs.

14- O N the voyage we encountered terrific gales of wind; one night a squall took us aback, carried away our topmasts , and shivered our sails into shreds in a moment.

15- Fresh gales and cloudy, at 6p, got up topmasts and yards, and set up the topmasts rigging, at 7am got up topgallt masts, unmoored, a 9 weighed, working along the coast of England to the SW; at 10 got up topgallt yards.

16- Fresh gales and cloudy, at 6p, got up topmasts and yards, and set up the topmasts rigging, at 7am got up topgallt masts, unmoored, a 9 weighed, working along the coast of England to the SW; at 10 got up topgallt yards.

17- For the most part strong gales and squally, sometimes rain, pm the longboat returns with water, at 10 struck yards and topmasts .

18- A large iron-bound block, hooked into a bolt under the lower cap, and used for the top-rope to reeve through in sending up and down topmasts .

19- She had suffered in proportion, and we now see her lying on her broadside with her yards and topmasts struck, but, I am sorry to say, so much sheltered by the reef which runs off from La Hogue Point, that I cannot indulge a hope of her being destroyed.

20- Blackwood’s attack was so successful that by dawn on 31 March “Guillaume Tell” had lost its main and mizen topmasts and its main yard, considerably reducing the speed at which Decrés could travel.

21- On 21 May, as his squadron reached the Îles d’Hyères near Toulon, they were struck by strong winds that snapped “Vanguard”‘s topmasts and brought the wreckage down onto the deck, killing two men.

22- To make matters worse, the high winds–reportedly gusting to 100 mph– carried away the topmasts on all four battleships, rendering radio communication impossible.

23- After a chase of seven hours, “Hazard” caught her quarry, but only because the privateer had lost both topmasts .

24- All three topmasts had collapsed and as guns were dismounted and casualties increased the return fire of “Africaine” became more and more ragged, until it stopped entirely at 04:45, when only two guns were still capable of firing.

25- As “Droits de l’Homme” steered southwest, the winds increased once more and the sea became choppy, preventing Lacrosse from opening the gunports on his lower deck without severe risk of flooding and snapping his topmasts , which reduced his ship’s stability.

26- The situation was worsened by the loss of the topmasts : this reduced the stability of the French ship, and caused her to roll so severely in the high winds that it was far more difficult to both steer the ship and aim the cannon than on the British vessels.

27- The capture of the Spanish 70-gun ship “Princessa” in April 1740 by three British 70-gun ships (, and ) took six hours of fighting despite one of “Princessa’s” topmasts being missing.

28- Most of the frigates were able outrun this ponderous enemy, but “Bellone” was less fortunate and a speculative shot from the battleship detonated a case of grenades in one of her topmasts .

29- Other ships suffered too, as the French “Résolue” sprang a severe leak and HMS “Anson” lost her mizzenmast and several topmasts .

30- In the high winds, “Amelia” was driven off course and away from her compatriots on 7 October while “Anson” again suffered damage, this time losing two topmasts .

31- On her maiden voyage she was dismasted in a typhoon off Formosa (Taiwan), losing her foremast and main and mizzen topmasts .

32- The crew of the “Ça Ira” had by now cleared the wreckage of their topmasts and opened fire on the smaller frigate, killing three men and wounding fourteen, while a shot hit her hull between wind and water, forcing her to bear away.

33- The “Victoire” was slightly damaged, but the “Ça Ira” lost her fore and main topmasts as a result, causing her to lag behind.

34- On 25 August a vicious squall hit the whole squadron; it temporarily put “Euryalus” almost on her beam ends and cost her bowsprit and the heads of all her topmasts .

35- Fortunately for Stewart, “Minerve” lost two topmasts as she turned to face his ship and had to pull away from the British to effect repairs.

36- During the fight grenades thrown from the decks and topmasts of “Redoubtable” killed and wounded a number of “Temeraire”s crew and set her starboard rigging and foresail on fire.

37- Although Cochrane’s flagship was the most severely damaged of the squadron, all had suffered to a degree: “Superb”‘s men counted 60 shot holes while “Atlas” was out of control and “Donegal” had lost one of her topmasts .

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