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- HMS_Polychrest abstract "HMS Polychrest is a fictional naval vessel from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The ship features in the second book in the series, Post Captain, and is a very unconventional sloop-of-war with sharp ends at both bow and stern, no tumblehome (inward curvature at the top of the hull), drop keels (similar to daggerboards on some modern sail boats), and the remnants of the launching system for an unsuccessful secret weapon (a giant rocket).The physical form of Polychrest (except for the secret weapon) was taken from the real Dart class of sloops. The sliding keels, originally designed by Captain John Schank, were employed upon a number of small Royal Navy vessels around this period, although problems with leaking centerboard cases perhaps discouraged wider experimentation. Unlike Polychrest with her extraordinary leeway and propensity for missing stays, the real Dart and her sister ship Arrow performed satisfactorily during their Royal Navy service. Dart was broken up in 1809 and Arrow captured by two French frigates in 1805. The poor sailing qualities of Polychrest and perhaps the notion of a new secret weapon were likely taken from HMS Project, a much smaller vessel than Dart or Polychrest with a very shallow draft to carry a new design of howitzer into coastal waters. Project was broken up in 1810 after only five years of service.Aubrey had heard of the ship before, reflecting upon being offered command that "she was known as the 'Carpenter's Mistake', and no one in the service had ever imagined she would be launched.". After several months of service in the English Channel, the Polychrest is severely damaged after running aground during a raid on a French port, and sinks soon thereafter.".
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- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageRevisionID "672417140".
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Aubrey–Maturin_series.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fictional_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Category:Patrick_OBrian_characters.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Daggerboard.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Dart_class_sloop.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Arrow_(1796).
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Dart_(1796).
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Project.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Sophie.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Surprise_(1796).
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Historical_fiction.
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- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Howitzer.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink John_Schank.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink List_of_fictional_ships.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Wars.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Patrick_OBrian.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Post_Captain_(novel).
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Sloop-of-war.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Tack_(sailing).
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLink Tumblehome.
- HMS_Polychrest wikiPageWikiLinkText "Polychrest".
- HMS_Polychrest hasPhotoCollection HMS_Polychrest.
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- HMS_Polychrest subject Category:Fictional_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy.
- HMS_Polychrest subject Category:Patrick_OBrian_characters.
- HMS_Polychrest hypernym Vessel.
- HMS_Polychrest type Ship.
- HMS_Polychrest type Character.
- HMS_Polychrest type Ship.
- HMS_Polychrest comment "HMS Polychrest is a fictional naval vessel from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.".
- HMS_Polychrest label "HMS Polychrest".
- HMS_Polychrest sameAs m.054p72.
- HMS_Polychrest sameAs Q5633812.
- HMS_Polychrest sameAs Q5633812.
- HMS_Polychrest wasDerivedFrom HMS_Polychrest?oldid=672417140.
- HMS_Polychrest isPrimaryTopicOf HMS_Polychrest.