waterhoy

The passengers were already stepping ashore, and a crowd of curious onlookers had assembled; the arrival of a waterhoy from the Channel fleet was of interest enough became she might have news, but a waterhoy which had actually captured, and for a few minutes had held possession of, a French brig of war was something very new.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

There was instantly plenty of distraction as the waterhoy was laid alongside the Hotspur; the side of the hoy was covered from end to end with old sails in rolls and with substantial fendoffs of sandbags, yet it was a ticklish business, even in the sheltered waters of this little bay, to pass lines between the two ships and draw them together.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

It had been hard to apply turpentine to his face before a mirror in the leaping waterhoy with the wind on the quarter.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

Life in the waterhoy Princess was exceedingly uncomfortable.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

The right central frigate came cutting close beside the wallowing waterhoy.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

Baddlestone listed the pitiful contents of the arms chest; even a waterhoy carried cutlasses and pistols for defence against hostile rowing boats, which were well known to push out from the French shore to snap up unarmed prizes in a calm.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

The lard-faced clerk who repeated Hornblower's words was haughty, and Hornblower was battered and dishevelled, his hair long and tousled, his clothes rumpled, all as might be expected after nearly two weeks of crowded life in a waterhoy.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

It was headed 'Plymouth' and after mentions of the comings and goings of ships came 'Captain Horatio Hornblower, late of HM Sloop Hotspur, landed this morning from the waterhoy Princess and immediately took post to London'.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

An empty waterhoy and a ham-fisted no-seaman at the wheel letting her box the compass. "

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967