THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ THE READERS’ DICTIONARY OF SAILING SHIP TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________ 180 181 THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF PETER TURNER ©2024 THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF PETER TURNER If any reader can provide information, please send to galf@abandos.com If any reader can provide information, please send to galf@abandos.com UA - Under Age, as entered in the Victualling Book, to show that the crewman was too young to draw a tot. Ullage- The residue of grog at the major issuing ceremony to the Rum Bosuns. Unballast – To empty the ballast from a ship’s holds. Unbend – 1. To unreeve and remove sails. 2. The order given to unfasten parts of the rigging to remove unwanted sails, etc. Unbending headsails- SMS Unbending lower sails- SMS Unbending square sails- SMS Unbitt – 1. (v) To remove the turns of cable from the bitts. Hence, the order given to release the anchor cable from the bitts. Uncleanness-Not using Heads Uncork - Decode a signal. Under bare poles – No sails set. Under canvas – Sailing, literally. Under foot – Said of the anchor cable when the ship has moved forward at anchor and rides with her head over the anchor. Undergird, Under-gird – To pass a hawser or chain under a vessel’s hull and make it tight across the deck, to hold the hull from opening up too much in an emergency. Also frap. Undermanned – Said of a vessel without a full complement. Underrun – The evolution of checking a submerged rope for damage or wear by hauling it over the bow of a boat and moving forward whilst letting the rope pass over the stern. Under sail – Sailing, literally. Under-strappers - Underlings “Under Strapper Official" Under the mast - Coins were placed under the mast for good luck, safe or fast voyage, wealth etc BDD Undertow – The compensatory bottom flow away from shore after onshore waves or currents raise sea level. Under way - No longer moored. Getting under way is making a start. cf Making way. Underwater body - The part of a ship's body that is below the water-line at any given draught. Under way – In motion. Undress - Ordinary uniform Unfurl – Release a furled sail in order to reset it. Unhook - Remove an article that deserves to spend its existence with the unhooker, as distinct from the rightful owner, in the judgement of the unhooker. Or, steal. Uniform- First regular uniform in 1748 for officers only. Union Jack- Name of Union Flag only when worn at a Jackstaff. Union purchase – A pair of fixed derricks being used together. One, called the inboard derrick is located over the hatch and the other, the outboard derrick is located outboard and the load is transferred from one derrick to the other. Universal time – The mean time on the meridian of Greenwich. Also Greenwich mean time. Unmoor – To release a vessel from her moorings. When a vessel is secured at two anchors, to weigh the first of them. Unreeve – (v) To remove a rope from a sheave or tackle. Unrig - To dismantle the standing and running rigging. Unseaworthy – Said of a ship that was found wanting in her condition, gear or crew or in the way her cargo had been stowed. Unship - To remove something from its proper place to which it was fixed. Unstable equilibrium - The state of a vessel that is liable to capsize when held over, because of being insufficiently stable. Up all hammocks - Call to crew off watch to stow their hammocks and report for duty. Up and down – 1. Said of an anchor cable when the ship’s forefoot is over the anchor and the cable is vertical. Hence, the warning called to those working the capstan, and those controlling the vessel, when the anchor cable is perpendicular and the anchor about to break ground. Uphroe – An oblong block without sheaves, usually made of ash, with regularly spaced holes through it; used to separate rope strands or to form the crowfoot in the suspension of an awning. Also euphroe, euvro. Up oars – The order given to a boat’s crew to take hold of the oars and raise them to the vertical. Uppers, The – Upper decks. Up Spirits! - The pipe signal to collect the tot. Not often misheard. Upstream – On the side from which a stream is setting. Up the creek - Derived from the seaman's term for getting ill, form the time a sick boat would circulate through the fleet at anchor and take any sick off to the local naval hospital, for fear they would desert if sent alone. Up together – The order given to a boat’s crew to commence rowing, taking the stroke from the starboard bowman. Also give way together. Up top - On deck. Up wind - See To windward. Up with the helm – A helm order given when the conner wanted the helm pulled so that the vessel may go large before the wind. Also bear up the helm, or bear away. Uphaul Uphauler Uphroe - See Euphroe. Uphroes- Large Norwegian spars Upon the Account" - Men entering into piracy BDD Upper brace men- SMS Upper counter timber Upper Deck Upper deck - The highest uninterrupted deck. Upper deck - The officers. Upperdeck Netting Upper lifts- SMS Upper sheer strake - The line of side plating attached adjacent to and above the topside strake. Upper studdingsail, downhaul- SMS Upper topsails, reefing- SMS Upper/Lower Topsail Upper wale - The topmost of the wales, which were stronger planks extending the whole length of a ship’s side as reinforcement. Upper Works – 1. The parts of a ship's superstructure as distinct from her hull. 2. All parts of a vessel properly above the water-line. cf Works. Upper Yardie - A quickly promoted officer, from the fact that upper yardsmen were often very young. Upright - The state of a ship when she is heeling neither to left nor right. Upstream - On the side from which the stream is setting. Ushant – See Ouessant. Uta Utter - 1. Outer. 2. To offer for sale. Utterance - A sale. U Undertows and Uphauls
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