Part 1

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A Naval Expositor,

Shewing and Explaining The Words and Terms of Art belonging to the Parts, Qualities and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, & Fitting a Ship for Sea.

Also

All Species that are received into the Magazines, and on what Services they are Used and Issued.

Together with

The Titles of all the Inferior Officers belonging to a Ship, with an Abridgment of their respective Duties.

By Thomas Riley Blanckley.

LONDON Printed by E. Owen, in Warwick Lane, and Engraved by Paul Fourdrinier at Charing Cross.

MDCCL.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, and of all His Majesty's Plantations, &c.

As the following Sheets have been published by your Lordships Approbation, they are, with the greatest Submission and Gratitude, dedicated to your Lordships,

By, My Lords, Your Lordships Most Obedient, Most Dutiful, and Most Humble Servant,

Thomas Riley Blanckley.

A LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS.

Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty (as a Board.) Joseph Allin, Esq; Surveyor of His Majesty's Navy. Governors and Company of the Royal Exchange Assurance Office. Capt. Mariot Arbuthnot. Capt. Thomas Andrewes. George Atkins, Esq; William Allix, Esq; Charles Alexander, Esq; Michael Atkins, Esq; Roger Altham, Esq; William Allix, Esq; Commissioner of the Six-penny Office. Mr Gabriel Acworth. Mr John Andrews. Mr Elias Arnaud. Mr Thomas Adney. Mr Charles Allen. Mr Samuel Allin. Mr Williams Arthur. Mr D. H. S. Augier. Mr George Allen. Lieutenant John Angier. Mr William Atwick. Mr James Atkins. Mr Edward Allin.

His Grace the Duke of Bedford, Principal Secretary of State. Right Honourable Lord Viscount Barrington, Lord of the Admiralty, 6 Books. Charles Brown, Esq; Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham. Capt. Wm. Bladwell, 2 Books. Capt. Patrick Baird. Capt. Henry Barnfley. Capt. Mathew Buckle. Sir William Baird, Bart. George Bellas, Esq; 14 Books. James Bankes, Esq; Edward Busby, Esq; Robert Bennett, Esq; Charles Burley, Esq; Mr Edward Bentham. Mr Richard Bowers. Mr John Barker. Mr James Bucknall. Mr William Bruce. Mr Jonas Botting. Mr Bryan Bentham. Mr John Baynard. Mr William Bately. Mr John Bately. Mr John Bannick. Mr Jonas Benjamin. Mr Thomas Barnfield. Mr Owen Bird. Mr Richard Burry. Mr Daniel Baverstock. Lieut. Thomas Burnett. Mr Pentecost Barker. Mr Nathaniel Bishop. Mr Robert Bogg. Mr Charles Bowes. Mr Thomas Brewer. Mr Francis Benson. Mr John Bromfall. Mr Richard Brett.

Right Honourable Lord Viscount Cobham. Right. Hon. Lord Colville. Thomas Corbett, Esq; Secretary of the Admiralty, 2 Books. John Clevland, Esq; Secretary of the Admiralty, 2 Books. Capt. John Cokburne. Capt. Alexander Campbell. Lieut. Col. Mordaunt Cracherode. Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq; 2 Books. Robert Chapman, L. L. D. Claude Crespigny, Esq; Philip Crespigny, Esq; John Spencer Colepeper, Esq; John Carter, Esq; Edmund Clark, Esq; Thomas Colby, Esq; John Crookshanks, Esq; Lieut. Christopher Coles. Lieut. John Clark. Mr Francis Colepeper. Mr John Cogswell. Mr Ulick Cormick. Mr Edward Collingwood. Mr William Cookson. Mr George Crisp. Mr Thomas Crabtree. Mr John Cæfar. Mr Richard Cheslyn. Mr Robert Calland. Mr Joseph Champion. Mr Raphael Courteville.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Rt. Hon. Ld. Viscount Duncannon, Lord of the Admiralty, 6 Books. Capt. Digby Dent. Capt. James Douglass. Capt. Cotton Dent. Capt. Thomas Dove. Andrew Coltee Ducarell, L. L. D. Jacob Dias, Esq; Arthur Dobbins, Esq; Lieut. John Dunkley. Mr Windham Deverell. Mr Elias Dunsterville. Mr Thomas Dobbins. Mr Henry Daniel.

Hon. Capt. Geo. Edgcumbe. Capt. John Evans. Capt. Michael Everitt. Mr John Elliott. Mr John Holland Ecles. Mr John Etherington.

Hon. John Forbes, Esq; Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Thomas Fox, Esq; Rear Admiral. Capt. Thomas Frankland. Capt. John Fawler. Capt. William Fortescue. Capt. Thomas Foley. Josias Farrer, Esq; Lieut. Robert Frankland. Mr Thomas Fellowes. Mr Joseph Fletcher. Mr James Forrester. Mr Henry Farrant.

Right Hon. Lord Viscount Gallway. Hon. George Grenville, Esq; Lord of the Treasury. Tho. Graves, Esq; Rear Admiral. John Gascoigne, Esq; Rear Admiral. Capt. Francis Geary. Capt. William Gordon. Capt. James Gambier. Capt. Robert Grant. Capt. Samuel Graves. Samuel Grubb, Esq; Lieut. Thomas Graves. Mr John Greenway, 2 Books. Mr William Gray. Mr Philip Gilbert. Mr John Grover. Mr Thomas Grant. Mr John Golding. Mr James Grove.

Right Hon. the Earl of Hallifax, First Lord of Trade and Plantations. Right Hon. Lord Hobart. Mons. Hasselaer, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, and President of the Admiralties in Holland. Mons. Hop, Envoy from the States of the United Provinces. Hon. Sir Edward Hawke, Knight of the Bath, and Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Sir William Hewett, Bart. Colonel —— Haldane. George Hay, L. L. D. Capt. Joseph Hamar. Capt. Charles Holmes. Capt. Edmund Home. Capt. John Hale. Nathaniel Hills, Esq; John Hooke, Esq; Thomas Hill, Esq; Frederick Hill, Esq; George Hinde, Esq; William Hotham, Esq; John Houlton, Esq; Lieut. James Hume. Mr William Hawes. Mr Richard Hay. Mr William Hicks. Mr Richard Hogg. Mr William Hickes. Mr Thomas Hickes. Mr Thomas Haselden. Mr Joseph Hughes. Mr James Henshaw. Mr Nicholas Hinton. Mr Lancaster Hull.

Capt. Thomas Innes. Mr George Jackson. Mr Francis Jones. Mr Peter Jope.

Charles Knowles, Esq; Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Capt. Charles Knowler. Capt. Thomas Knowler. Capt. Thomas Knackston. Mr Richard Kee. Mr John Kerly.

Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester, Post-Master General. Right Hon. Mr. Legge, Treasurer of the Navy. George Lyttelton, Esq; Lord of the Treasury. Colonel Lyttelton. Capt. Julian Legge. John Lock, Esq; Edward Linzee, Esq; Lieut. Louis Lasinby. Mr John Lee. Mr John Lyne. Mr John Lucas. Mr David Lucas, jun. Mr Joseph Lock. Mr James Leake. Mr John Lievre.