In naval warfare during the Age of Sail, raking fire was cannon fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship from ahead (in front of the ship)...

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time. Enfilade fire—gunfire directed against an enfiladed formation or position—is also commonly known as "flanking fire". Raking fire is the equivalent...

conduct Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare Rake receiver...

denied they talked about raking, leading to an Internet phenomenon of Finnish people sharing photos of themselves sarcastically raking forests with items such...

leaves which have recently been deposited. Metal tined rakes are better suited for spring raking when the debris is often wet or rotted and can best be...

at the Sierra National Forest. The McLeod was originally designed to rake fire lines with the teeth and cut branches and sod with the sharpened hoe edge...

batteries of Tremendous ineffective, and threatened her with sustaining raking fire. The French frigate thus managed to evade and escape. In 1806, a French...

capture Poursuivante. However, the latter outmaneuvered and delivered raking fire to assure her escape. Hercule was stricken across its rigging and dropped...

battleships, and the last occasion on which battleships fought each other. Raking fire Enfilade and defilade Hughes, Wayne P. (2000). Fleet tactics and coastal...

particularly, the stern of the ship were vulnerable to raking fire. Raking another ship by firing the length of a ship from either the bow or stern caused...

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commanded by Pring, reached the head of the American line and opened a raking fire against Eagle. At the tail of the line, the sloop Finch failed to reach...

Line astern, line ahead, or line of battle Over-the-beach capability Raking fire Scuttling Weather gage Adrift: Loose and out of control. Typically applied...

increased manoeuvrability and therefore reduced the risk of coming under raking fire. Nelson's plan, shaped through discussion with his senior captains during...

"Ranger casualties on the beach totalled about 15, most of them from the raking fire to their left". The force also found that their radios were ineffective...

the peninsula) modern guns could subject the main defensive line to raking fire along its length. This meant that not only was the position effectively...

The truck tilted into a ditch. At the same time, the convoy came under raking fire from Arab forces. Five vehicles managed to back out and return to base...

proceeded up the channel, she was able to deliver a telling broadside raking fire against USS Hartford and others. Toward the end of the engagement, she...

closer would limit their firing ability to their bow guns, and potentially expose their decks to raking or enfilading fire from the enemy ships. Graves...

Winslow attempted to cross each other's bow, hoping to inflict heavy raking fire. Three of the Kearsarge 11-inch shells entered the Alabama's 8-inch gun...

him, and steered towards her starboard quarter in the hope of raking her stern. Opening fire with his larboard battery, he positioned Neptune off the Spanish...

increased to 14.5 inches (368 mm); this extra armor provided protection from raking fire directly ahead, which was considered more likely given the high speed...

firepower, and, their decks being lower, could easily be dismasted by raking fire. In addition, the Ottoman–Egyptians mainly deployed smaller-calibre guns...

each end, thinning to 8 inches (203 mm), to provide protection against raking fire. A 6-inch transverse bulkhead closed off the forward end of the armored...

6 ft (1.8 m) below it. The guns on the main deck were protected from raking fire by 4.5-inch transverse bulkheads. The ends of the ship were unprotected...

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armament were protected by 6 inches of armour and were defended from raking fire by 6-inch-thick bulkheads. The main conning tower was protected by 12...

Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad and engaged her for twenty minutes, taking raking fire from two French ships, the 80-gun Neptune and the 74-gun Redoutable,...

each face of the pentagon canted inwards towards its center, to permit raking fire upon a would-be scaling force, both from the center and from the projecting...