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Eight people in thepinnacewere injured and two naval ratings and a dockyard civilian employee are missing; the boat was severely damaged.
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The step is much greater than that from an old steampinnaceto a modern speedboat.
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Evacuation in an emergency from one of these rigs could mean lowering apinnaceor lifeboat into a sea which is already aflame with burning oil or fuel.
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The two pinnaces and the shallop moored at the edge of the bay and continued to bombard the shore and the nearby woods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pinnacewas more of a use than a type name, for almost any vessel could have been apinnaceor tender to a larger one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ships were equipped with several boats, including a pair of picket boats, a launch, apinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She carried several smaller boats, including two picket boats, one launch, onepinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although primarily sailing vessels, many pinnaces carried sweeps for moving in calms or around harbors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inglefield and eleven others escaped aboard thepinnace, though otherwise the ship's complement of some six hundred men was lost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The journeys consist of sailing in the air on an airship and in water on a boat, orpinnace.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepinnacewas usually rowed, and could be rigged with a sail for use in favorable winds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He held back his large ships to avoid damage, and used the pinnaces to attack the forts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A further twenty merchantmen and armed pinnaces joined forces with the expedition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On equal lengths, pinnaces tended to be narrower than other types.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The main mast on many pinnaces would have been large enough to carry a small topsail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepinnacelost its mizzen mast and was forced to retire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Apinnacewould ferry passengers and mail, communicate between vessels, scout to sound anchorages, convey water and provisions, or carry armed sailors for cutting-out expeditions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She carried a number of smaller vessels, including two picket boats, a launch, apinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ships carried a number of smaller boats, including three picket boats, one launch, onepinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and three dinghies.
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