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Oiseau (horse)
Oiseau may refer to: * HMS ''Oiseau'' * French ship ''Oiseau'', ships of the French Navy * "Oiseau", a section of ''Eunoia'', an anthology of univocalics by Christian Bök See also * Oiseaux (other) {{disambiguation, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Oiseau
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Oiseau'', after the French for bird: * , a 26-gun sixth rate captured from France on 23 October 1762 by in the Mediterranean. * , a 32-gun fifth rate, launched in 1769 as the frigate ''Oiseau'', captured from France on 31 January 1779 by HMS ''Apollo'' and sold on 19 June 1783. She then became the Liverpool-based slaver ''Count du Nord''. Last listed in 1789. May have become the ''Dover'', sold to the Imperial East India Company, Ostend (Austrian flag) in 1796. * HMS ''Oiseau'', a 36-gun fifth rate originally the French frigate ''Cléopâtre'', which captured on 18 January 1793. ''Oiseau'' was converted to a prison ship A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many nation ... in 1806 and sold on 18 September 1816. Notes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Oiseau
At least two ships of the French Navy have been named ''Oiseau'': * a 30-gun frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ... launched in 1757 and captured by the Royal Navy in 1762 * a 26-gun frigate launched in 1769 and captured by the Royal Navy in 1779 {{DEFAULTSORT:Oiseau, French Ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunoia (book)
''Eunoia'' (2001) is an anthology of univocalics by Canadian poet Christian Bök. Each chapter is written using words limited to a single vowel, producing sentences like: "Hassan can, at a handclap, call a vassal at hand and ask that all staff plan a bacchanal". The author believes "his book proves that each vowel has its own personality, and demonstrates the flexibility of the English language." The work was inspired by the Oulipo group, which seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques. The book was published in Canada in 2001 by Coach House Books; sold 20,000 copies; and won the 2002 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. Canongate Books published a British edition in 2008. The book sold well in the United Kingdom, making ''The Times'' list of the year's top 10 books and becoming the top-selling book of poetry in Britain. The title eunoia, which literally means ''good thinking'', is a medical term for the state of normal mental health, and is also the shortest word in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |