DICTIONARY OF

Free of Expense 146 Frigate
Free of Expense. Stipulation that loading and discharging of cargo shall not entail expense
to ship. Free on Board. Stipulation that no expense shall fall on ship for the putting of cargo
on board.
Free Overside. Stipulation that no expense shall fall on ship after cargo is put over the side.
Free Puff. Yachting term for a gust of wind that requires weather helm to be applied, and
causes yacht to sail closer to windward.
Free Ship, Free Goods. Proposition that, in time of war, enemy goods, other than
contraband, carried in a neutral vessel are not subject to capture.
F Region. 'Appleton Layer.'
Freight. Freightage. Goods loaded for transport in a vessel. 2. Money paid for carriage of
goods by sea. In marine insurance, includes value of service in carrying goods of owner.
Does not include passage money.
Freightage. Freight. Payment for carriage of goods by sea.
Freighter. Sea-going vessel carrying cargo. 2. One who ships cargo into a vessel.
Freight/ing. Load/ing a ship with cargo.
French Bowline. Similar to bowline except that two bights are made, instead of one, before
finishing off.
French Fake. 'Flemish Coil.'
French Sennit. Made with an odd number of strands, passing outside strand over other
strands to centre, and working from each side alternately.
French Shroud Knot. Joining of two 3-stranded ropes by marrying them and making wall
knot on one side and a crown on the other side.
Fresh Breeze. Wind of Force 5 in Beaufort Scale. Speed 17-21 knots.
Freshen Ballast. To turn over shingle or stone ballast.
Freshen the Nip. To veer or haul on a rope, slightly, so that a part subject to nip or chafe is
moved away and a fresh part takes its place.
Fresh Water Allowance. Amount that a load line may be submerged when loading in water
of less density than that of salt water.
Frigate. Originally, a Mediterranean vessel propelled by oars and sails. Later, name was
given to a square-rigged warship having two gun decks and mounting 30 to 50 guns. They
were used as scouts or cruisers and had a raised forecastle and quarter deck. Later still, they
were flush-decked and mounted 28 to 44 guns; being rated as intermediate between a ship of
the line and a corvette. With the coming of iron and steel ships they were displaced by
cruisers, and the name lapsed. In the war of 1939-45 the name was reintroduced and given to
small ships used for escort and patrol duties.