bomb ketch

noun

1. Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bomb ketch¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

At the same time, the bomb ketch Thunder anchored farther south and arched explosive 10-inch mortar shells into Moultrie's position.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Americans fixed up the Intrepid as a bomb ketch, storing a hundred barrels of powder and missiles and a hundred and fifty shells on deck.

From Project Gutenberg

Rigged as a bomb ketch, its length is 111 feet 7 inches in the keel, extreme beam 42 feet 4 inches, depth of hold 8 feet.

From Project Gutenberg

On the same day, application was made to Workman, the judge of the county of Orleans, for a writ of habeas corpus, in favour of Ogden and Swartwout, who had been arrested a few days before, by order of Wilkinson, at Fort Adams, and were on board of a bomb ketch of the United States lying before the city.

From Project Gutenberg

The brig now continued deliberately to pour her 32 pound shot and grape into the Village, without our having the power of returning a shot, for an hour, and the bomb ketch occasionally threw in shells.

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