Glossary

A

• ASDIC (Sonar) (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Able Seaman (Organisation Terms)
• Able Seaman (Naval Ranks)
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Naval Ranks)
• Active Sonar (Naval Technology)
• Admiral (Naval Ranks)
• Admiral (Naval Ranks)
• Admiral of the Fleet (Naval Ranks)
• Admiralty (Organisation Terms)
• Admiralty Board (Naval Law & Administration)
• Admiralty Law (Naval Law & Administration)
• Admiral’s Flagship (Age of Sail)
• Aegis Combat System (Naval Weapons)
• Age of Sail (Naval History)
• Air Tasking Order (Naval Aviation)
• Airborne Early Warning (AEW) (Naval Aviation)
• Aircraft Carrier (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Aircraft Carrier (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Albion-class Landing Platform Dock (Ship Classes)
• Amphibious Assault (WWII) (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Amphibious Assault Ship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Amphibious Operation (Naval Warfare)
• Amphibious Ready Group (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Anchor (Ship Operations)
• Anti-Access/Area Denial (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Anti-Aircraft Gun (Naval Technology)
• Anti-Ship Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Anti-Submarine Warfare (Naval Technology)
• Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopter (Naval Aviation)
• Ark Royal-class Carrier (Ship Classes)
• Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Armor-Piercing Shell (Gunnery Terms)
• Armour Belt (Naval Technology)
• Arrestor Gear (Naval Aviation)
• Articles of Discipline (Naval Law & Administration)
• Articles of War (Naval Life)
• Astute-class Submarine (Ship Classes)
• Atago-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Atlantic Gap (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Attack Submarine (Ship & Fleet Terms)

B

• Ballast (Ship Operations)
• Ballast Tank (Ship Construction)
• Ballistic Missile (Naval) (Naval Weapons)
• Ballistic Missile Submarine (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Barbette (Gunnery Terms)
• Battle Damage (Naval Warfare)
• Battle Fleet (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Battle Group (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Battle Line Integrity (Age of Sail)
• Battle of the Atlantic (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Battleship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Bay-class Landing Ship (Ship Classes)
• Beam (Parts of a Ship)
• Bearing (Navigation Terms)
• Beaufort Scale (Seamanship)
• Bilge (Parts of a Ship)
• Bilge (Ship Construction)
• Bilge Pump (Ship Construction)
• Bismarck-class Battleship (Ship Classes)
• Blast Radius (Gunnery Terms)
• Blockade (Naval Warfare)
• Blockade Running (Naval Warfare)
• Blue Water Navy (Naval Strategy)
• Boarding Action (Naval Warfare)
• Boatswain (Bosun) (Naval Ranks)
• Bosun (Boatswain) (Organisation Terms)
• Bow (Parts of a Ship)
• Bow Rake (Age of Sail)
• Breaking the Line (Age of Sail)
• Bridge (Ship Operations)
• Brimstone Missile (Naval) (Naval Weapons)
• Broadside (Gunnery Terms)
• Broadside (Tactical) (Age of Sail)
• Broadside Weight (Gunnery Terms)
• Brown Water Navy (Naval Strategy)
• Bulkhead (Parts of a Ship)
• Bulkhead Deck (Ship Construction)

C

• Cabin (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Camber (Ship Construction)
• Cap Tally (Naval Life)
• Capital Ship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Captain (Naval) (Naval Ranks)
• Captain (RN) (Naval Ranks)
• Carrier Air Wing (Naval Aviation)
• Carrier Operations (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Carrier Strike Group (Naval Aviation)
• Carrier Strike Group (Naval Warfare)
• Carrier Task Force (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Carrier-Based Aircraft (Naval Aviation)
• Carronade (Gunnery Terms)
• Catapult Launch (Naval Aviation)
• Celestial Navigation (Navigation Terms)
• Centre Division (Age of Sail)
• Chaff (Naval) (Naval Weapons)
• Chain Shot (Gunnery Terms)
• Chain of Authority (Naval Law & Administration)
• Chain of Command (Command Structure)
• Chain of Legal Authority (Naval Law & Administration)
• Chaplain (Naval Ranks)
• Chart (Navigation Terms)
• Chief Petty Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Chokepoint (Maritime) (Naval Strategy)
• Chronometer (Navigation Terms)
• Citadel (Warship) (Naval Technology)
• Cleat (Ship Operations)
• Close Action (Naval Warfare)
• Close Action Order (Age of Sail)
• Close-Hauled Sailing (Age of Sail)
• Close-In Weapon System (Naval Technology)
• Cold War Navy (Naval History)
• Colours (Naval) (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Colours (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Colours Ceremony (Naval Life)
• Combat Air Patrol (CAP) (Naval Aviation)
• Combat Management System (Naval Technology)
• Combined Operations (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Command Responsibility (Naval Law & Administration)
• Command of the Sea (Naval Strategy)
• Commander (Naval Ranks)
• Commander (Naval Ranks)
• Commanding Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Commanding Officer (Command Structure)
• Commerce Raiding (Naval Warfare)
• Commission (Naval) (Command Structure)
• Commissioning (Ship) (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Commodore (Naval Ranks)
• Compass (Navigation Terms)
• Convoy (Naval Warfare)
• Convoy Escort (Naval Warfare)
• Convoy Escort (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Convoy System (Naval Warfare)
• Corvette (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Countermeasure Launcher (Naval Weapons)
• County-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Court Martial (Naval Law & Administration)
• Coxswain (Naval Ranks)
• Crossing the Line (Naval Life)
• Crossing the Line (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Crossing the T (Naval Warfare)
• Cruise Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Cruiser (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Cyber Warfare (Naval) (Modern Naval Doctrine)

D

• Damage Assessment (Naval Warfare)
• Damage Control (Naval Technology)
• Daring-class Destroyer (1949) (Ship Classes)
• Dead Reckoning (Navigation Terms)
• Deck (Parts of a Ship)
• Deck Armour (Naval Technology)
• Deck Beam (Ship Construction)
• Deck Crew (Naval Aviation)
• Deck Cycle (Naval Aviation)
• Deck Landing (Naval Aviation)
• Deckhand (Naval Life)
• Decommissioning (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Decoy System (Naval Technology)
• Depth Charge (Naval Technology)
• Depth Charge Pattern (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Destroyer (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Destroyer (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Detention (Naval) (Naval Law & Administration)
• Directed Energy Weapon (Naval Weapons)
• Displacement (Ship Construction)
• Displacement (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Displacement Hull (Naval Engineering)
• Distributed Lethality (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Divisional Officer (Command Structure)
• Dog Watch (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Dog Watch (Naval Life)
• Double Hull (Ship Construction)
• Draft (Draught) (Parts of a Ship)
• Draft (Ship) (Ship Construction)
• Dreadnought Era (Naval History)
• Drift (Navigation Terms)
• Dry Dock (Naval Engineering)
• Dual-Purpose Gun (Naval Technology)
• Duty Officer (Command Structure)

E

• Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (Naval Weapons)
• Electronic Countermeasures (Naval Technology)
• Electronic Warfare (Naval Technology)
• Electronic Warfare (Modern) (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Engagement Envelope (Age of Sail)
• Engineer Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Escort Carrier (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Escort Vessel (Naval Warfare)
• Essex-class Carrier (Ship Classes)
• Executive Officer (Command Structure)
• Executive Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Exocet Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Expeditionary Warfare (Modern Naval Doctrine)

F

• Fathom (Navigation Terms)
• Fighting Instructions (Age of Sail)
• Fire Control System (Naval Technology)
• Fire Discipline (Age of Sail)
• Fire Ship (Naval Warfare)
• First Lieutenant (Naval Ranks)
• First Watch (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Flag Captain (Command Structure)
• Flag Officer (Organisation Terms)
• Flag Signals (Age of Sail)
• Flagship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Flare (Naval) (Naval Weapons)
• Fleet (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Fleet Action (Naval Warfare)
• Fleet Air Defence (Naval Warfare)
• Fleet Auxiliary (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Fleet Carrier (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Fleet Cohesion (Age of Sail)
• Fleet Commander (Command Structure)
• Fleet Composition (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Fleet Discipline (Age of Sail)
• Fleet Doctrine (Naval Strategy)
• Fleet Engagement (Naval Warfare)
• Fleet Engagement Range (Age of Sail)
• Fleet Manoeuvre (Age of Sail)
• Fleet Review (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Fleet Screening (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Fleet Signal (Age of Sail)
• Fleet Train (Naval Logistics)
• Fleet in Being (Naval Warfare)
• Fletcher-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Flight Deck (Naval Technology)
• Flight Deck Operations (Naval Aviation)
• Flight Deck Safety (Naval Aviation)
• Flogging (Naval Life)
• Flotilla (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Flower-class Corvette (Ship Classes)
• Force Projection (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Ford-class Carrier (Ship Classes)
• Fore-and-Aft Rig (Seamanship)
• Forecastle (Parts of a Ship)
• Fort-class Support Ship (Ship Classes)
• Fragmentation (Gunnery Terms)
• Frame (Ship) (Ship Construction)
• Freeboard (Ship Construction)
• Freeboard (Ship Operations)
• Freedom of Navigation (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Frigate (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Frigate (Ship & Fleet Terms)

G

• Galley (Naval Life)
• Gearing-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• General Chase (Age of Sail)
• Goalkeeper CIWS (Naval Weapons)
• Grapeshot (Gunnery Terms)
• Great Circle (Navigation Terms)
• Green Water Navy (Naval Strategy)
• Grog (Naval Life)
• Gun Battery (Gunnery Terms)
• Gun Deck (Parts of a Ship)
• Gun Salute (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Gunner (Naval) (Naval Ranks)
• Gunnery Drill (Age of Sail)
• Gunnery Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Gunroom (Naval Life)
• Gunwale (Parts of a Ship)

H

• Hammock (Naval Life)
• Hands to Dinner (Naval Life)
• Hangar Deck (Naval Aviation)
• Harpoon Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Heave To (Seamanship)
• Hedgehog (Weapon) (Naval Technology)
• Heel (Seamanship)
• Helm (Ship Operations)
• High-Explosive Shell (Gunnery Terms)
• Huff-Duff (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Hull (Parts of a Ship)
• Hull Classification Symbol (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Hull Form (Naval Engineering)
• Hull Plating (Ship Construction)
• Hull-Mounted Sonar (Naval Technology)
• Hunt-class Mine Countermeasure Vessel (Ship Classes)
• Hunter-Killer Group (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Hydrodynamics (Naval Engineering)

I

• Illustrious-class Carrier (Ship Classes)
• Impressment (Naval Life)
• Information Dominance (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Integrated Mast (Naval Technology)
• Invincible-class Carrier (Ship Classes)
• Iowa-class Battleship (Ship Classes)
• Ironclad Era (Naval History)

J

• Joint Operations (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Judge Advocate (Naval Law & Administration)

K

• Kamikaze Attack (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Keel (Parts of a Ship)
• Keel Depth (Seamanship)
• Keel Plate (Ship Construction)
• Keelhauling (Naval Life)
• Keelson (Parts of a Ship)
• Keelson (Ship Construction)
• King’s Regulations (Naval Law & Administration)
• Kirov-class Battlecruiser (Ship Classes)
• Kongo-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)

L

• Landing Ship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Landing Signal Officer (LSO) (Naval Aviation)
• Last Watch (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Latitude (Navigation Terms)
• Law of the Sea (Naval Law & Administration)
• Lead Ship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Leading Seaman (Naval Ranks)
• Leander-class Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Leeward (Seamanship)
• Leeward Position (Naval Warfare)
• Leeway (Navigation Terms)
• Legal Officer (Naval Law & Administration)
• Letter of Marque (Naval Warfare)
• Liberty (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Liberty Convoy (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Liberty Ship (Ship Classes)
• Lieutenant (Naval Ranks)
• Lieutenant (Naval Ranks)
• Lieutenant Commander (Naval Ranks)
• Line Ahead (Naval Warfare)
• Line of Battle (Naval Warfare)
• Line of Battle (Age of Sail)
• Line of Battle Ship (Naval Warfare)
• Littoral Warfare (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Log (Ship Log) (Navigation Terms)
• Long Gun (Gunnery Terms)
• Longitude (Navigation Terms)
• Longitudinal Framing (Ship Construction)
• Los Angeles-class Submarine (Ship Classes)

M

• Magazine Explosion (Naval Warfare)
• Magnetic Mine (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Maritime Domain Awareness (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Maritime Interdiction (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Maritime Law (Naval Law & Administration)
• Maritime Patrol (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Maritime Security (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Maritime Strategy (Naval Strategy)
• Maritime Strike (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Mast (Parts of a Ship)
• Master-at-Arms (Naval Ranks)
• Medical Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Mess (Naval Life)
• Mess Deck (Naval Life)
• Mess Deck (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Messmates (Naval Life)
• Metacentric Height (Naval Engineering)
• Middle Watch (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Midshipman (Naval Ranks)
• Midshipman (Parts of a Ship)
• Midshipman (Organisation Terms)
• Mine Countermeasures (Naval Technology)
• Mine Sweeper (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Mine Warfare (Naval Technology)
• Minehunter (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Missile System (Naval Technology)
• Modern Naval Warfare (Naval Strategy)
• Multi-Domain Operations (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Mutiny (Naval Life)

N

• Naval Administration (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Architecture (Naval Engineering)
• Naval Arms Race (Naval History)
• Naval Artillery (Naval Warfare)
• Naval Aviation (Naval Technology)
• Naval Aviation Fuel (Naval Aviation)
• Naval Aviation Maintenance (Naval Aviation)
• Naval Base (Naval Infrastructure)
• Naval Blockade (Naval Warfare)
• Naval Blockade (WWII) (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Naval Bombardment (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Naval Campaign (Naval Warfare)
• Naval Ceremony (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Naval Command (Command Structure)
• Naval Command Structure (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Communications (Naval Technology)
• Naval Deterrence (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Naval Discipline (Naval Life)
• Naval Discipline Code (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Doctrine (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Ensign (Naval Life)
• Naval Etiquette (Naval Life)
• Naval Expedition (Naval History)
• Naval Fighter (Naval Aviation)
• Naval Formation (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Naval Gun System (Naval Technology)
• Naval Gunnery (Naval Warfare)
• Naval Helicopter (Naval Aviation)
• Naval Intelligence (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Jurisdiction (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Justice (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Law (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Logistics (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Mine (Naval Technology)
• Naval Minefield (Naval Warfare)
• Naval Orders (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Presence (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Naval Prison (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Regulations (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Squadron (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Naval Staff (Command Structure)
• Naval Strategy (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Strike Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Naval Supremacy (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Tactics (Naval Strategy)
• Naval Tasking (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Naval Tradition (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Naval Treaty (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Tribunal (Naval Law & Administration)
• Naval Uniform (Naval Life)
• Navigation Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Navigator (Naval) (Naval Ranks)
• Nelsonian Tactics (Age of Sail)
• Neptune Ceremony (Naval Life)
• Network-Centric Warfare (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Nimitz-class Carrier (Ship Classes)

O

• Officer Cadet (Naval Ranks)
• Officer Commission (Naval Law & Administration)
• Officer of the Watch (Command Structure)
• Oiler (Naval) (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Operation Overlord (Naval) (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Operation Torch (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Orders (Naval) (Command Structure)
• Ordinary Seaman (Naval Ranks)

P

• Pacific Island Hopping (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Passive Sonar (Naval Technology)
• Patrol Vessel (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Pennant Number (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Petty Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Phalanx CIWS (Naval Technology)
• Phalanx CIWS (Naval Weapons)
• Pilotage (Navigation Terms)
• Pipe (Bosun’s Call) (Naval Life)
• Pipe Down (Naval Life)
• Pipe the Side (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Pitch (Seamanship)
• Planing Hull (Naval Engineering)
• Port (Ship Operations)
• Powder Magazine (Gunnery Terms)
• Power Projection (Naval Strategy)
• Power Projection at Sea (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Press Gang (Naval Life)
• Privateer (Naval Warfare)
• Prize Ship (Naval Warfare)
• Punishment (Naval) (Naval Law & Administration)

Q

• Quarterdeck (Parts of a Ship)
• Quartermaster (Naval Ranks)
• Quartermaster (Rank) (Naval Ranks)
• Queen Elizabeth-class Carrier (Ship Classes)

R

• RAM Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Radar (Naval Technology)
• Radar Picket Ship (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Railgun (Naval) (Naval Weapons)
• Raking Fire (Naval Warfare)
• Raking Position (Age of Sail)
• Rangefinder (Naval Technology)
• Rate (Ship Rating) (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Rations (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Rear Admiral (Naval Ranks)
• Rear Division (Age of Sail)
• Replenishment at Sea (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Replenishment at Sea (Naval Logistics)
• Rhumb Line (Navigation Terms)
• Rig (Ship) (Seamanship)
• Rigging (Parts of a Ship)
• River-class Patrol Vessel (Ship Classes)
• Roll (Seamanship)
• Round Shot (Gunnery Terms)
• Rudder (Parts of a Ship)
• Rules of Conduct (Naval Law & Administration)
• Rules of Engagement (Naval Warfare)
• Rules of Engagement (Legal) (Naval Law & Administration)
• Rules-Based Order (Maritime) (Modern Naval Doctrine)

S

• Saluting (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Sandown-class Minehunter (Ship Classes)
• Satellite Navigation (Naval Technology)
• Screening Force (Naval Warfare)
• Scupper (Parts of a Ship)
• Sea Ceptor Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Sea Control (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Sea Dart Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Sea Denial (Naval Strategy)
• Sea Lines of Communication (Naval Strategy)
• Sea Power (Naval Strategy)
• Sea Room (Seamanship)
• Sea Shanty (Naval Life)
• Sea State (Seamanship)
• Sea Wolf Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Seaman Recruit (Naval Ranks)
• Semaphore (Navigation Terms)
• Sextant (Navigation Terms)
• Sheer Line (Ship Construction)
• Shell (Naval) (Gunnery Terms)
• Ship Class (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Ship Classes (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Ship Stability (Naval Engineering)
• Ship Types (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Shipyard (Naval Engineering)
• Ship’s Routine (Naval Life)
• Shock Damage (Naval Warfare)
• Shore Leave (Naval Life)
• Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) (Naval Aviation)
• Shot (Naval) (Gunnery Terms)
• Shrapnel (Gunnery Terms)
• Signal Book (Age of Sail)
• Signal Flag (Navigation Terms)
• Signal Flag Code (Age of Sail)
• Signal Officer (Command Structure)
• Signalman (Naval Ranks)
• Ski Jump Ramp (Naval Aviation)
• Slava-class Cruiser (Ship Classes)
• Smart Munition (Naval Weapons)
• Sonar (Naval Technology)
• Sortie Rate (Naval Aviation)
• Sounding (Navigation Terms)
• Soundings Chart (Navigation Terms)
• Splice the Mainbrace (Naval Life)
• Spruance-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Squadron (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Square Rig (Seamanship)
• Standard Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Standing Orders (Command Structure)
• Standing Orders (Legal) (Naval Law & Administration)
• Starboard (Ship Operations)
• Station Keeping (Age of Sail)
• Stealth Technology (Naval Technology)
• Stern (Parts of a Ship)
• Stern Rake (Age of Sail)
• Stoker (Naval Ranks)
• Strategic Deterrence (Modern Naval Doctrine)
• Strategic Reserve (Naval Strategy)
• Strike Fighter (Naval Aviation)
• Strike Group (Naval Warfare)
• Stringer (Ship Construction)
• Sub-Lieutenant (Naval Ranks)
• Submarine (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Submarine (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Summary Trial (Naval Law & Administration)
• Sunset (Naval) (Naval Life)
• Superstructure (Ship Construction)
• Supply Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Surface-to-Air Missile (Naval Technology)
• Surface-to-Surface Missile (Naval Technology)
• Swiftsure-class Submarine (Ship Classes)

T

• Tacking (Seamanship)
• Task Force (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Task Group (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Ticonderoga-class Cruiser (Ship Classes)
• Tomahawk Cruise Missile (Naval Weapons)
• Tonnage (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Torpedo (Naval Technology)
• Torpedo Tube (Naval Weapons)
• Tot (Rum Ration) (Naval Life)
• Towed Array Sonar (Naval Technology)
• Trafalgar-class Submarine (Ship Classes)
• Transverse Framing (Ship Construction)
• Tribal-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Trim (Ship) (Seamanship)
• Trim (Ship) (Naval Engineering)
• Turret (Naval) (Naval Technology)
• Type 21 Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Type 22 Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Type 23 Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Type 26 Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Type 31 Frigate (Ship Classes)
• Type 42 Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Type 45 Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Type VII Submarine (Ship Classes)
• Type XXI Submarine (Ship Classes)

U

• U-boat (WWII Naval Warfare)
• Udaloy-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)
• Underway (Seamanship)
• Underway Replenishment (Naval Logistics)
• Unmanned Surface Vessel (Naval Technology)
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (Naval Technology)

V

• Van Division (Age of Sail)
• Vanguard-class Submarine (Ship Classes)
• Vertical Launch System (Naval Technology)
• Vertical Launch System (VLS) (Naval Weapons)
• Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) (Naval Aviation)
• Vice Admiral (Naval Ranks)
• Victory Ship (Ship Classes)
• Virginia-class Submarine (Ship Classes)

W

• Wardroom (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Wardroom (Naval Life)
• Warrant Officer (Organisation Terms)
• Warrant Officer (Naval Ranks)
• Warship (Ship & Fleet Terms)
• Watch (Ship Operations)
• Watch System (Naval Life & Traditions)
• Watchkeeping (Naval Life)
• Watertight Compartment (Ship Construction)
• Wave-Off (Naval Aviation)
• Wave-class Tanker (Ship Classes)
• Waypoint (Navigation Terms)
• Wearing Ship (Seamanship)
• Weather Gage (Age of Sail)
• Weather Gauge (Naval Warfare)
• Windward (Seamanship)
• Wire-Guided Torpedo (Naval Weapons)
• Wolfpack Tactics (WWII Naval Warfare)

X

No entries for X.

Y

• Yamato-class Battleship (Ship Classes)
• Yaw (Seamanship)
• Yeoman of Signals (Naval Ranks)

Z

• Zumwalt-class Destroyer (Ship Classes)

#

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