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   Pelorus
   HMS Pelorus was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Pelorus was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch d...
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   Pelorus
   Pe·lo'rus noun [ After Pelorus , said to have been Hannibal's pilot when he left Italy.] (Navig.) An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp. such a...
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   Pelorus
   • (n.) An instrument similar to a mariner`s compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass.
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   Pelorus
   [yacht] Pelorus (from the Greek word “pelorios”, meaning “vast”) is the world`s nineteenth largest luxury yacht at {convert|115|m} in length, currently owned by Bernd Pfeiffer. Commissioned by a Saudi Arabian businessman, Pelorus was built at the Lürssen yard in Bremen, Germany to t...
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   Pelorus
   [instrument] In appearance and use, a pelorus resembles a compass or compass repeater, with sighting vanes or a sighting telescope attached, but it has no directive properties. That is, it remains at any relative direction to which it is set. It is generally used by setting 000° at the lubb...
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