Lexicographical Neighbors of Praams
Literary usage of Praams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished by Fernand Nicolaÿ (1907)
"Modern praams or Galleys—Gunboats and Shallops—Ex-Galley Slaves in Boulogne—Retrospect
on the System of Convicts on Board the Galleys—-The " Nutshells ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... anchors aftern of the praams to tow them away in cafe of accident ; and boats
for the reception of the wounded. ... Of the ten praams, eight were at too ..."
3. Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century by Edward Cust, Sir Edward Cust (1863)
"To do honour to the event, a division of praams and gun-boats .was sent out under
the Centre-Amiral Baste to attack the " Naiad," 38, Capt. ..."
4. Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished by Fernand Nicolaÿ (1907)
"Modern praams or Galleys—Gunboats and Shallops—Ex-Galley Slaves in Boulogne—Retrospect
on the System of Convicts on Board the Galleys—The " Nutshells ..."
5. Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished by Fernand Nicolaÿ (1907)
"Modern praams or Galleys—Gunboats and Shallops—Ex-Galley Slaves in Boulogne—Retrospect
on the System of Convicts on Board the Galleys—The " Nutshells ..."
6. The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Year MDCCLXXXIII. to MDCCCXXXVI. by Edward Pelham Brenton (1837)
"Many of these vessels were flat bottomed, and called praams; their guns long 32
or 24-pounders; and as they remained in a steady horizontal position, ..."
7. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1830)
"The flotilla when assembled consisted of 1104 vessels, of which 578 were armed
praams, gun-brigs, and luggers, the remainder transports, forming with those ..."
8. Service Afloat: Comprising the Personal Narrative of a British Naval Officer (1833)
"... of which 578 were armed praams, gun-brigs, and luggers, the remainder ...
praams were ship-rigged, one hundred and ten feet long, twenty-five broad, ..."
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