This northern sea was named for a British admiral who was famous for a wind scale
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Free Flashcards about NAVAL HISTORY - StudyStack  THIS SEA OFF THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WAS NAMED FOR REAR ... BRITISH ADMIRAL FAMOUS FOR A WIND SCALE, FRANCIS BEAUFORT.
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Francis Beaufort - Wikipedia  Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA was an Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force. ... Beginning on a merchant ship of the British East India Company, Beaufort rose (during the Napoleonic Wars) to Midshipman,...
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Francis Beaufort, (Wind Scale) | National Maritime Museum of Ireland  IRELAND'S BEAUFORT WAS WINDSCALE INVENTOR ... He entered the British Navy in 1787 at 13 and served in HMS Colossus and HMS Latona ... of Argentina in which the Mayo man, Admiral William Brown, played a vital role. ... The famous wind scale ... The Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, is named for Francis Beaufort.
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Battle of Jutland - Wikipedia  The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. The battle was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, near the ... It was the largest naval battle in that war and the only full-scale clash of...
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Battle of Trafalgar - Wikipedia  The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy ... Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard ..... The wind became contrary at this point, often shifting direction. ..... London's famous Trafalgar Square was named in honour of Nelson's victory, and his...
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Beaufort Wind Scale - Stormfax  Beaufort Wind Scale. Devised by British Rear-Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 ... 0, under 1, under 1, -, Calm, Sea is like a mirror ... 12, 64 and over, 73 and over, 45 and over, Hurricane, Air filled with foam; sea completely white with...
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North Sea - Wikipedia  The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. An epeiric (or "shelf") sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea...
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William Thomson, Baron Kelvin | Scottish engineer, mathematician ...  Thomson, who was knighted and raised to the peerage in recognition. ... Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, also called (186692) Sir William Thomson (born ... the absolute temperature scale (measured in kelvins); the dynamical theory of ... Thomson risked his life several times during the laying of the first transatlantic cable.
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Norwegian Sea | sea, North Atlantic Ocean | Britannica.com  Norwegian Sea, Norwegian Norskehavet, section of the North Atlantic Ocean ... Barents seas (northwest through northeast); Norway (east); the North Sea, ... Cut by the Arctic Circle, the sea is often associated with the Arctic Ocean to the north.
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Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot ...  Clare said: My son who loves history recommended this book to me. ... real discoverer of the North-West passage and the fate of the Franklin expedition. .... Tom Johnson ..... John Rae himself was inspired by adventurer Samuel Hearne, who years .... Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's...
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James Fenimore Cooper and the Sea  James Fenimore Cooper was the son of Judge William Cooper, the self-made ... The result was a novel called The Pilot, a fictional tale of adventure off the British coast based on the exploits and character of America's Revolutionary naval hero John .... Lake -- for throughout his life Cooper made sure he had access to boats.
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Beaufort scale - Wikipedia  The Beaufort scale /bofrt/ is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed ... The scale was made a standard for ship's log entries on Royal Navy vessels in ... the Beaufort Scale only up to Force 12 and there was no recommendation on ... Leaves and wind vanes are stationary. Beaufort scale 1.jpg. 13 mph.
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Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia  The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about ... Many Irish or British people refer to the United States and Canada as "across the pond", and vice versa. ... Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
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Winds of Change: Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588.  Landsat ...  These much more maneuverable English ships became an essential ... They traveledwith good windsan average of 2.5 knots (less than 3 miles) per hour ... Given severe squalls and the Armada's slow pace, the fleet did not reach the .... the Spanish fleet and fired at short range, badly damaging many, and sinking some...
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Beaufort scale - Wikipedia  The Beaufort scale /bofrt/ is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed ... The scale was made a standard for ship's log entries on Royal Navy vessels in the late ... Rotations to scale numbers were standardized only in 1923. ... Today, hurricane-force winds are sometimes described as Beaufort scale 12...
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Beaufort scale | meteorology | Britannica.com  Scale devised in 1805 by Comdr. (later Admiral and Knight Commander of the Bath) Francis Beaufort of the British Navy for observing and classifying wind force...
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Chapter Seven of TINKERBELLE by Robert Manry  Because of the numerous shoals, strong tidal currents, thick fog at certain seasons...the ... with velocities of two to five knots at strength make navigation dangerous." .... the year 1000, and by French and Spanish fishermen in the fourteen-hundreds. .... because, on a course for England the prevailing winds were westerlies.
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Francis Beaufort, (Wind Scale) | National Maritime Museum of Ireland  How many realise that the inventor of the Wind-Scale was born and brought up in ... In 1805, Beaufort was given command of HMS Woolwich. ... of its dangers, than was done by everyone together before,' and quoted to the Admiralty 'a ... him: 'We have few officers (indeed I do not know one) in our Service who have half his...
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways ... Many ended in disaster, including that by Sir John Franklin in 1845. While searching for him the McClure Arctic Expedition discovered the...
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Ask me a trivia question - Discussion on Topix  Feb 19, 2010 ... The Viking name for this tusked Arctic animal meant "whale horse" ... The most famous George we know whose middle name was Armstrong.
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Francis Beaufort - Wikipedia  Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA was an Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force. ... Francis grew up in Wales and Ireland until age fourteen. He left school and went to sea, but never stopped his education.