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Sunken Legends and Nautical Relics is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
Sunken Legends and Nautical Relics
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- 1. Simultaneous firing of all cannons on one side of a vessel
- 2. Circular window, often shattered during violent shipwrecks
- 3. Punishment named after a ship's bottom; dragging beneath the hull
- 4. Platform near the top of the mizzenmast
- 6. Experienced seafarer, often chronicler of shipwreck tales
- 8. Work song sung to synchronize sailors' tasks
- 11. Early firearm type sometimes used aboard armed merchantmen
- 12. Ancient navigation instrument crucial to old world voyages
- 15. Small, highly maneuverable 15th-century Portuguese sailing ship
- 16. Deliberate sinking of one's own ship by opening hull openings
- 17. Imagined or navigational line sometimes invoked for mysterious shipwrecks
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- 5. Nautical unit of water depth, essential for avoiding wrecks
- 7. Unpleasant fluid pooling in the lowest ship compartment
- 9. Rope used for hoisting sails or flags
- 10. Tropical cyclone responsible for many shipwrecks in the Atlantic
- 13. Disastrous event, often natural, causing ship losses and lore
- 14. Oared vessel often used in Mediterranean naval warfare
- 18. Place suitable for ships to anchor, often the site of ancient wrecks
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