The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution . allant-sails on three of her masts, and a topsailon her bonaventure mizzen (as the aftermost mast wasalways called). These were, of course, in addition to theother sails or ^ lower courses carried as well. But sucha ship as this was the exception rather than the would be as untrue to say that in the beginning of thetwentieth century the Dreadnought was typical of theBritish navy as it would be to affirm that the GreatHarry was a fair specimen of the warships in the firstyears of the sixteenth century. But as the Dreadnoug
The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution . allant-sails on three of her masts, and a topsailon her bonaventure mizzen (as the aftermost mast wasalways called). These were, of course, in addition to theother sails or ^ lower courses carried as well. But sucha ship as this was the exception rather than the would be as untrue to say that in the beginning of thetwentieth century the Dreadnought was typical of theBritish navy as it would be to affirm that the GreatHarry was a fair specimen of the warships in the firstyears of the sixteenth century. But as the Dreadnoughthas created a type to be followed subsequently, so theGreat Harry was an example for other shipmen tofollow. An important step was taken by Henry VHI. when hemade the navy no longer a mere auxiliary of the army,but a separate force capable of being organised numbers of vessels were built, and the HanseaticLeague, previously mentioned, sold some of its fine shipsto swell the English lists. We can picture very accurately, from existing data, 78. r^ o (A 3 ^ B 3 C/2 o D U PQ _^ s S p J > o t/5 . O o o a(A ?^•1 •^ (U (U < Ox: a; c 5 ^ i: ^ S to 2^ < fe a; H X! Z oJ «*- < ii o C/) o J3 .. M - c H 5 K t^ H 0) ^ ?*j ho C THE SHIP DURING TUDOR TIMES what one of these early Tudor big ships must have beenin reality. Painted green and white—the Tudor colours—with her white sails bellying to the wind, with herbiggest ships boat towing astern (as was customary);emblazoned with the admirals arms, she had nettingsspread over the ships deck to catch falling spars andmissiles when in action ; but in celebrating a triumph,was covered in and curtained with rich cloth. Therewere pennons flying above the forecastle and at the twocorners of the castle, and two square banners amidships,whilst above the rudder, high up on the stern-castle, wasa large square banner, much greater than the rest, anda broad swallow-tailed standard flying from the must hav
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