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List of ships with the same or similar names
name Cornwallis, for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Two have an association with British East India Company. Cornwallis (1787 ship), a snow
Cornwallis_(ship)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Marquis Cornwallis may refer to a number of ships named for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Marquis Cornwallis (1789 ship), a 654 burthen
Marquis_Cornwallis_(ship)
Vengeur-class ship of the line
Indispensable). On 27 April 1815, Cornwallis engaged the American sloop USS Hornet (1805), which had mistaken Cornwallis for a merchant ship. Heavily outgunned, Hornet
HMS_Cornwallis_(1813)
British Army officer (1738–1805)
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis
Royal Navy officer and politician (1744–1819)
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, GCB (20 February 1744 – 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive
William_Cornwallis
1781 siege of the American Revolutionary War
intent to sail to the Chesapeake Bay, where Cornwallis had taken command of the British army. Cornwallis, at first given confusing orders by his superior
Siege_of_Yorktown
Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy
HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Built to counter a group of fast Russian battleships, Cornwallis and her
HMS_Cornwallis_(1901)
Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker
submersible implosion. The ship was originally launched as CCGS Edward Cornwallis in 1986, named after Edward Cornwallis, a British military officer
CCGS_Kopit_Hopson_1752
American-born British socialite (1854–1921)
Randolph Churchill. Cornwallis-West doted on Jennie, amorously nicknaming her "pussycat". However, they drifted apart and Cornwallis-West, who was a financial
Lady_Randolph_Churchill
Indian and British ship
Cornwallis was built probably at Surat around 1789, or possibly Demaun in 1790. Her name was originally Britannia, but it was changed to Cornwallis shortly
Cornwallis_(1789_ship)
British Army general (1713–1776)
Edward Cornwallis (5 March 1713– 14 January 1776) was a British Army officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family. After Cornwallis fought
Edward_Cornwallis
Frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Cornwallis was a Royal Navy 54-gun fourth rate. Jemsatjee Bomanjee built the Marquis Cornwallis of teak for the Honourable East India Company (EIC)
HMS_Cornwallis_(1805)
Cornwallis was launched in 1812 at Calcutta and lost in 1822 at Île de France (Mauritius). She first appears in Lloyd's Register for 1818 with J. Charitie
Cornwallis_(1812_ship)
fleet, including Earl Cornwallis, reached Simon's Bay on 3 September and Earl Cornwallis reached False Bay on 1 October. Earl Cornwallis arrived at Whampoa
Earl_Cornwallis_(1783_ship)
time Cornwallis was removed from the Pilot Service and transferred to the Andaman Station. On 23 March 1793 Cornwallis arrived at Port Cornwallis with
Cornwallis_(1787_ship)
Cornwallis sailed for Singapore. Cornwallis left Singapore on 7 May 1826 and was off Hastings by 2 October. In 1826 Henderson purchased Cornwallis. She
Cornwallis_(1803_ship)
1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition
HMS Kingfisher (1782), under the overall command of Vice-admiral William Cornwallis in Royal Sovereign. Cornwallis was a highly experienced naval officer who had been in
Cornwallis's_Retreat
command, Marquis Cornwallis departed Cork, Ireland on 9 August 1795, and arrived at Port Jackson on 11 February 1796. When Marquis Cornwallis left Cork she
Marquis Cornwallis (1789 ship)
Marquis_Cornwallis_(1789_ship)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Five or six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. HMS Cornwallis (1777) was a 5-gun galley purchased
HMS_Cornwallis
Canadian merchant ship sunk in World War II
SS Cornwallis was a 5,438 gross register tons (GRT) steam merchant ship built in 1921 for the Canadian Government as Canadian Transporter. In 1932 she
SS_Cornwallis
Bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
lighthouse in the background. "Fort Cornwallis, Penang | Malaysia Travel Guide" - http://travelmalaysiaguide.com/fort-cornwallis-penang/#ixzz0ED0j1tO0&A Archived
Fort_Cornwallis
1781 naval battle of the American Revolutionary War
19 October with 25 ships of the line and transports carrying 7,000 troops to relieve Cornwallis. It was two days after Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown
Battle_of_the_Chesapeake
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Cornwallis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a British Army officer and colonial
Cornwallis_(disambiguation)
Battle of the American Revolutionary War
at the hands of Cornwallis, and greatly raised the Patriots' morale. With Ferguson dead and his Loyalist militia destroyed, Cornwallis transferred his
Battle_of_Kings_Mountain
British ambassador
Kinahan Cornwallis was born on 19 February 1883 in the United States and was the son of British poet, writer, and world traveler Kinahan Cornwallis and his
Kinahan_Cornwallis
1781 military campaign of the American Revolutionary War
more troops to Cornwallis. The siege of Yorktown began on September 28, 1781. In a step that probably shortened the siege, Cornwallis decided to abandon
Yorktown_campaign
Merchant sailing ship of the 19th century
clippers may be schooners, brigs, brigantines, etc., as well as full-rigged ships. Clippers were mostly constructed in British and American shipyards, although
Clipper
1809 class of British ships of the line
ten years later, a further batch of five ships was similarly converted - this included the Russell, Cornwallis and Pembroke of this class (as well as the
Vengeur-class ship of the line
Vengeur-class_ship_of_the_line
Former Canadian Forces Base in Nova Scotia
Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis (also CFB Cornwallis) is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Deep Brook, Nova Scotia. It is situated in the western
CFB_Cornwallis
Pre-dreadnought battleship class of the British Royal Navy
built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. The six ships—HMS Duncan, HMS Albemarle, HMS Cornwallis, HMS Exmouth, HMS Montagu, and HMS Russell—were ordered
Duncan-class_battleship
Jamaican nurse
originally enslaved, belonging to Captain William Cornwallis, brother of Charles, Earl Cornwallis. The details of her release from slavery are also not
Cubah_Cornwallis
Cornwallis, Simpson, master, on 8 August, but had given her up as a cartel. She had arrived off the Isles of Scilly on 30 August. Marquis Cornwallis had
Marquis Cornwallis (1802 ship)
Marquis_Cornwallis_(1802_ship)
Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry
Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed
Q-ship
Ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used
obtained from around 1855 by converting other elderly 74-gun ships; these were Russell, Cornwallis, Hawke, Pembroke and Hastings. The most recent known use
Blockship
Indian multinational conglomerate
brother Sorabji in 1750. Among the historical ships built by the Wadia Group are HMS Minden, HMS Cornwallis, and HMS Trincomalee. The Wadia group consists
Wadia_Group
Washington and Cornwallis: The Battle for America, 1775–1783 (2017) pp. 301–330. Cornwallis to Clinton, 20th October, 1781, Cornwallis Papers, Public
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Southern_theater_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
1797 heavy frigate of the U.S. Navy
designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sister ships were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard
USS_Constitution
1775–1783 conflict in North America
General Cornwallis was besieged by a Franco-American army in Yorktown, Virginia, in September and October 1781. The French navy cut off Cornwallis's escape
American_Revolutionary_War
Large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
Irresistible and the French Bouvet were all sunk by mines. HMS Russell and HMS Cornwallis were both sunk by mines in the Mediterranean in 1916 and 1917, respectively
Battleship
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
The Lion and Cornwallis, then returned Nelson to England. On 20 June, a second action by Cornwallis, took place near Bermuda, when Cornwallis' Lion, accompanied
HMS_Lion_(1777)
British polar explorer
navy in 1841 aged 19 as a "domestic" aboard HMS Cornwallis with Lieutenant James Fitzjames. The ship sailed to the South China Sea and participated in
Edmund_Hoar
Ship of the line of the French Navy
Saint-Esprit was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the lead ship of her class. Funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Order
French_ship_Saint-Esprit
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
William Cornwallis, until he was relieved that same year by Captain John Child Purvis. Purvis served under the orders of Admiral Cornwallis until he
HMS_Dreadnought_(1801)
1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
sailed home in Victory, leaving his remaining ships with Cornwallis whose force now numbered thirty-three ships-of-the-line. Twenty of these were sent under
HMS_Victory
remaining ships. On 16 June, Cornwallis's squadron encountered Villaret's fleet, in conjunction with Vence's force, off Penmarck Point. Cornwallis had misunderstood
Biscay campaign of June 1795 order of battle
Biscay_campaign_of_June_1795_order_of_battle
attack Cornwallis during the crossing, and sent 800 troops under General Wayne against what they believed to be Cornwallis' rear guard. Cornwallis had set
Virginia in the American Revolution
Virginia_in_the_American_Revolution
American military officer and planter (1742–1786)
inflicting a decisive defeat against Cornwallis. Washington laid siege to Cornwallis at Yorktown, and Cornwallis surrendered on October 19. Yorktown was
Nathanael_Greene
British clipper ship, on display at Greenwich, England
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last
Cutty_Sark
(-) – projected in 1807 but deleted 1815. Cornwallis class – teak-built versions of Armada class Cornwallis 74 (1813) – converted to 60-gun screw blockship
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_Royal_Navy
actually built to the design of and used the moulds of Cornwallis, a Vengeur/Armada-class ship previously built at Bombay; this was because the set of
Black Prince-class ship of the line
Black_Prince-class_ship_of_the_line
American military officer, planter and politician (1732–1795)
York, but a significant number stayed for operations under Lord Charles Cornwallis in the Carolinas. After the loss of Charleston and the defeats suffered
Francis_Marion
Ship of the line of the French Navy
Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1785, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. The ship sank due
French_ship_Superbe_(1784)
Indian stealth guided-missile frigates
was under construction till them. The ships were to be built by two shipyards with 1:1 order share of 4 ships each. The leading contenders for the deal
Project_17B-class_frigate
English rebel and privateer in colonial Maryland (c. 1609 – 1653)
Hardrige was made to be carried out by Thomas Cornwallis. With Captain and Councilor James Neale, Cornwallis arrested Richard Ingle but then switched to
Richard_Ingle
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
day after Christmas 1779, Clinton and his second-in-command, Charles Cornwallis, sailed southward with 8,500 troops and 5,000 sailors on 90 troopships
Siege_of_Charleston
Third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
p. 92. Cordingly. Billy Ruffian. p. 97. Lavery. The Ship of the Line. p. 121. William Cornwallis. Despatch printed in The Times (29 June 1795). Cited
HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)
Royal Navy officer (1760–1832)
suffered only 12 wounded. Cornwallis brought his fleet about to rescue Cotton, causing Villaret de Joyeuse to believe that Cornwallis had reinforcements nearby
Samuel_Sutton
Coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand
It is situated on the Cornwallis Peninsula (previously called the Puponga Peninsula) between the Kakamatua Inlet and Cornwallis Bay to the east. It was
Cornwallis,_New_Zealand
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
British General Lord Cornwallis pursued Morgan during December 1780 and January 1781 with an army of 2,500 men. Morgan evaded Cornwallis and joined American
Battle_of_Cowpens
British Army officer in the American War of Independence
Court House, North Carolina, Cornwallis moved his battered army to Wilmington to rest and resupply. From Wilmington, Cornwallis, in a move that became a subject
Cornwallis_in_North_America
List of ships with the same or similar names
vessels in 1795–96, including the British East India Company's pilot boat Cornwallis. French privateer lugger Jean Bart, captured on 29 September 1797 by His
French_ship_Jean_Bart
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets training centre in Nova Scotia
training centre in Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia. The centre took its name from the ship HMCS Acadia, a hydrographic research ship which was commissioned
CSTC_HMCS_Acadia
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Governor-General of India Lord Cornwallis issued instructions for operations against the territories of French India. Lord Cornwallis, brother to William, originally
Siege_of_Pondicherry_(1793)
English colonial councillor in Maryland
Thomas Cornwallis (or Cornwaleys, b. c. 1605 – d. c. 1675) was an English politician and colonial administrator. Cornwallis served as one of the first
Thomas_Cornwallis
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral William Cornwallis, she was involved in the celebrated episode known as 'Cornwallis' Retreat'. On 17 March 1796 the transport ship Bellisarius collided
HMS_Royal_Sovereign_(1786)
1780–82 French expedition of the American Revolutionary War
to evacuate British General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September, trapping Cornwallis on the Yorktown peninsula. On September
Expédition_Particulière
1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition
June Cornwallis returned to the region, hunting for Vence, and instead discovered Villaret de Joyeuse with an overwhelming force. This time Cornwallis was
Battle_of_Groix
List of ships with the same or similar names
rate, the former East Indiaman Marquis Cornwallis, launched in 1801 and purchased in 1805. and renamed Cornwallis. She was renamed HMS Akbar in 1811 and
HMS_Akbar
Ship of the line of the French Navy
Auguste was an 80-gun ship of the line in the French Navy, laid down in 1777 and in active service from 1779. She took part in the Naval operations in
French_ship_Auguste_(1778)
Cornwallis's initial namesake, Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis, a British Army officer and founding governor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the ship was
Martha L. Black-class icebreaker
Martha_L._Black-class_icebreaker
Ship of the line of the French Navy
Alcide was a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1782. She served in the French fleet under François Joseph Paul de Grasse
French_ship_Alcide_(1782)
This list of fictional ships lists all manner of artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of,
List_of_fictional_ships
1805 battle of the Trafalgar campaign
until 15 September before his ship, HMS Victory, was ready to sail. On 15 August, Cornwallis decided to detach 20 ships of the line from the fleet guarding
Battle_of_Trafalgar
1841 slave-ship seizure
aboard the American slave ship Creole in November 1841, when the brig was seized by the 128 slaves who were aboard the ship when it reached Nassau in
Creole_mutiny
HMIS Cornwallis, of the Aubrietia class, were some of the early sloops commissioned into the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during the 1920s. These ships later
List_of_frigates_of_India
Bulk carrier built 1944, sank 1983
and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program. The ship was built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Chester, Pennsylvania
SS_Marine_Electric
Bay in Saint Michael, Barbados
English forces in April 1665. During the Second World War a British ship, the Cornwallis, was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, at this location. Freshwater Bay
Carlisle_Bay,_Barbados
British Army officer (1744–1780)
is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, in which he played
Patrick_Ferguson
American ship that sank in 1841
William Brown was an American ship that sank in 1841, taking with her 31 passengers. The survivors used two boats, which later separated to increase their
William_Brown_(ship)
1802 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition
Revolutionary calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace". The consequent peace lasted
Treaty_of_Amiens
1720 and commander of the Griffin fire-ship. Cornwallis was returned unopposed by his elder brother, Lord Cornwallis, as Member of Parliament for the family
James_Cornwallis
Indian Navy ship class
ships of this class serve in the Indian Navy. The class and the lead ship, INS Brahmaputra, are named after the River Brahmaputra. Subsequent ships of
Brahmaputra-class_frigate
Indian Navy frigate
Tamal (F71) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. It is the eighth ship of the Talwar-class frigates and the second of the third batch of the class
INS_Tamal
Indian Navy frigate
ship of the Nilgiri-class stealth-guided missile frigates. Udaygiri is the 100th warship designed in India by the Warship Design Beureau. The ship's name
INS_Udaygiri_(2022)
French military officer and politician (1757–1834)
planned to trap Cornwallis in a decisive campaign. Lafayette evaded Cornwallis' attempts to capture him in Richmond. In June 1781, Cornwallis received orders
Marquis_de_Lafayette
The period of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s, and over time features such as the hull evolved from wooden to composite.
List_of_clipper_ships
Press. ISBN 978-1-108-01849-4. Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis (1859) Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis. (Murray). Crowhurst, P. (1989)
Lord_Nelson_(1799_ship)
Indian Navy frigate
Shield') is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. It is the seventh ship of the Talwar-class frigates and the first of the third batch of the class
INS_Tushil
British naval officer and polar explorer (1813–1848?)
was selected by Admiral Sir William Parker as gunnery lieutenant on HMS Cornwallis, his flagship for the force being assembled in Britain to fight the First
James_Fitzjames
Former French vessel
means of fire ships. However a succession of winter gales blew the British fleet from the coast. When the fleet regained its station Cornwallis was unsure
Colpoys_(1803_ship)
Victory at a cost tantamount to defeat
January 26, 2017. In three hours, Cornwallis's army took possession of the field, but it was a Pyrrhic victory... Cornwallis could not afford the casualties
Pyrrhic_victory
American whaleship sunk off Hawaii in 1823
sank on the night of February 11, 1823, off the French Frigate Shoals. The ship's captain was George Pollard, Jr., former captain of the famous whaleship
Two_Brothers_(ship)
Indian stealth guided-missile frigate
INS Dunagiri is the fifth ship of the Nilgiri-class stealth guided missile frigates (P-17A) being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE)
INS_Dunagiri_(2022)
Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy
"courageous") was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. The ship was laid down as HMS Hercules for the British Royal Navy during World War
INS_Vikrant_(1961)
Administration the Fort Cornwallis was operated by Speneer Kellogg J: Sons, Ine. as a United States Maritime Commission ship. She was purchased on 17
USNS_Parkersburg
anticipation of the British declaration of war on 18 May, Admiral William Cornwallis hoisting his flag aboard as commander of the Channel Fleet the same day
Neptune-class ship of the line
Neptune-class_ship_of_the_line
Naval tactics of sailing ships
smaller British squadron under Cornwallis off Bermuda. This strategy had important tactical ramifications. French ships tended to fire at the rigging of
Sailing_ship_tactics
Indian Navy vessel
INS Taragiri is the Indian Navy's fourth ship of the Nilgiri-class stealth, guided-missile frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha Frigates
INS_Taragiri_(2022)
Canadian merchant and politician
uri=http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/object/CME2982. bmo:PX_curatorial_comment Cornwallis Ships to Halifax - 1749. Passenger lists. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry
Joseph_Scott_(merchant)
Former Canadian research ship
training base HMCS Cornwallis and stationed at the nearby port of Digby, Nova Scotia where she was used for gunnery training. The ship was decommissioned
CSS_Acadia
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
Boy/Male
British, English
Man from Cornwall
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant spelling of Medlin.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained. Compare Varcoe.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained. Compare Vercoe.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant of Sewell.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant spelling of Barbary.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained. Compare Goyne.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained. Compare Crago.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant of Tibbett.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the county of Cornwall, which is named with the Old English tribal name Cornwealas. This is from Kernow (the term that the Cornish used to refer to themselves, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps connected with a Celtic element meaning ‘horn’, ‘headland’), + Old English wealas ‘strangers’, ‘foreigners’, the term used by the Anglo-Saxons for British-speaking people.English : variant of Cornwell.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Tragedy of King Lear' Duke of Cornwall.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant spelling of Jago.
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
Girl/Female
Biblical Hebrew
Essence, being, generation.
Girl/Female
Latin American English French Scottish
Beautiful.
Girl/Female
Indian
Chief, Leader, Lady
Boy/Male
Tamil
Undivided
Boy/Male
Hindu
Remover of obstacles
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Bird.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Creator
Girl/Female
Indian
Beyond Birth
Female
French
Feminine form of Norman French Raimund, RAIMUNDE means "wise protector."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chitresh | சிதà¯à®°à¯‡à®·Â
Moon, Wonderful Lord
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
CORNWALLIS SHIP
n.
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
n.
A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
n.
The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
n.
A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shipwreck
n.
A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
v. t.
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
n.
One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
n.
A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.
n.
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
n.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
imp. & p. p.
of Shipwreck
n.
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
a.
Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
n.
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
n.
A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
n.
A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
v. t.
To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
n.
The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.