... being repaired and refitted for service (Allen 107). A few Deptford officers bluntly questioned if the bark-rigged vessel was even listed in the Royal Navy (Day 35). For what conceivable reason could the Admiralty require the services of a grimy boat as the Earl of Pembroke? In fact, the homespun collier was intended for a single adventurous role. She would carry a handpicked group ... Cook first visited some of Tahiti's neighboring islands, naming the group the Society Islands. As the ship headed southward, the officers and gentlemen started to take bets on if the continent actually exis...

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... October 25, 1812. Stephen Decatur, Captain of the United States, sailed in the waters of the Canary Islands searching for British frigates when he came across the HMS Macedonian Captained under John Carden. Captain Carden thought that the United States was really the USS Essex, a much smaller but quicker ship, so he decided to keep the range open and hit the ship with his long 18-pounders (Beach 91 ... this and placed his ships too close to the land. The battle had been fairly even until the muzzle of a cannon on the Confiance blew up sending a piece of iron into Captain Downie pinning ...

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... any obvious cannonball marks, but there had been some repairs because there was a 5-inch hole in the side the hull. Henry VIII had been fiddling with the boat before it set sale because he wanted it to be the best ship ever. He fitted eight new bronze cannons, which was an extra 8-20 tons. People did ... drinking to celebrate the new ship the crew were really panicking as well because they did not Know how to swim. THEORY 3 The captain had no idea on how to skipper the ship and the ship was badly handled, this was true THEORY 4 Water may have got into the gun flaps because they were left...

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... manufacturing. After this almost 400000 people had followed and were working in appropriate and necessary jobs. Many women were entering the workforce, adding to their responsibilities and reforming their roles from the original run of the mill housewife to a working woman. Throughout the war they kept the industry running with 40% in munitions factories as well as many more doing mechanical and maintenance work in ... this avenue to stay open for them even after the war had ended. This was not able to happen; women were generally paid less then the men and the trade unionists thought t...

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