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What type of naval ship is this?

After some looking at Armed Merchant Cruisers, I believe instead that this is USS Vulcan (AR-5), a Vulcan-class repair ship. A better picture can be found at Navsource.org showing the rear gun turrets ...
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What was the name of Captain Kidd's ship?

The 1701 court report Arraignment, Tryal and Condemnation of Captain William Kidd of Kidd's trial (cited by Kidd's Wikipedia page) calls it "the Adventure Galley" (see the "The First ...
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When were terms for points of sail first used?

It is not clear to me if your question is mainly about the earliest use of the modern terminology of points of sail, or if it is about the historical development of the technology and theory of ...
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When were terms for points of sail first used?

The description in Wikipedia is inadequate. Here is better: Close-hauled means "as high as one can point without luffing the sails". It's the point of sail used where getting upwind as ...
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Why was the ship "Palmyra" so named?

I'll second Andrew's answer that it was certainly ultimately from the ancient Syrian (≠Syria) town of Palmyra that served as Rome's entrepôt for Persian goods¹ and thus part of the trail end of the ...
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