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jollies
Traditional Royal Navy nickname for the Royal Marines.
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pier-head jump
When a sailor is drafted to a warship at the last minute, just before she sails.
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righting couple
The force which tends to restore a ship to equilibrium once a heel has altered the relationship between her centre of buoyancy and her centre of gravity.
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swinging the lamp
Telling sea stories. Referring to lamps slung from the deckhead which swing while at sea. Often used to indicate that the story teller is exaggerating.
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underwater hull or underwater ship
The underwater section of a vessel beneath the waterline, normally not visible except when in drydock.
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abaft
Toward the stern, relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch")
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abaft the beam
A relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow. e.g. "two points abaft the port beam."
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abandon ship
An imperative to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face of some imminent danger.
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abeam
'On the beam', a relative bearing at right angles to the centerline of the ship's keel.
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