men-of-war
Armed naval ships
Men-of-war is the plural of man-of-war, an armed naval vessel, especially a sailing warship of the 17th through 19th centuries.
The term evokes the age of wooden ships with multiple gun decks and billowing sails.
A Portuguese man-of-war, despite the name, is not a ship but a marine organism resembling a jellyfish, with long stinging tentacles trailing beneath a gas-filled bladder that floats on the surface.
Armored naval capital vessel
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
- gunboatSmall armed naval vessel
corvette · cruiser · destroyer · carrack · brig · sloop · armament · broadside
Flexible grasping appendages
- stingSharp wound from insect
- venomInjected animal poison
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- bluebottleMetallic carrion fly
float · drift · nematocysts · neurotoxin · colonial · hydrozoan · pelagic · planktonic
Era of wind-propelled ships
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- Spanish ArmadaDefeated invasion fleet
triangular trade · colonization · exploration · Francis Drake · Horatio Nelson · Trafalgar · imperialism · letter of marque
battleship
Armored naval capital vessel
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
gunboat · corvette · cruiser · destroyer · carrack · brig · sloop · armament · broadside · cannon
tentacles
Flexible grasping appendages
- stingSharp wound from insect
- venomInjected animal poison
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
bluebottle · float · drift · nematocysts · neurotoxin · colonial · hydrozoan · pelagic · planktonic · oceanic
Age of Sail
Era of wind-propelled ships
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
Spanish Armada · triangular trade · colonization · exploration · Francis Drake · Horatio Nelson · Trafalgar · imperialism · letter of marque · naval supremacy
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- naval battleArmed clash between warships
- broadsideFierce written assault
boarding · bombardment · blockade · siege · cannonade · salvo · assault · clash · conflict · tactics
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- naval gunnerynaval gun, cannons, gunnery drills, guns, naval guns
men-of-warmerchant ships
Vessels for transporting goods
merchantmen · cargo ships · freighters · commercial vessels · hospital ships
men, war, wars, warring, warred, warrior, warriors, warlike, warfare