- A
powder boy or
powder monkey manned naval artillery guns as a
member of a warship's crew,
primarily during the Age of Sail. His
chief role was to ferry...
-
Powder monkeys was the
nickname given to
young men
during the Age of Sail that
carried bags of
gunpowder from the
powder magazine in the ship's hold to...
-
Powder Monkeys were an
Australian punk,
indie rock band,
formed in 1991. The
founding mainstays, Tim Hemensley, on b****
guitar and lead
vocals and John...
- also
appeared on
stage in
Manchester Royal Exchange's
production of
Powder Monkey, as well as The
Royal Court and the
National Theatre. In 2016, Crome...
- at the age of seven, Dirk
Struan began his
nautical adventures as a
powder monkey on a king's ship at the
Battle of
Trafalgar and he
remains bound to...
- Gunpowder, also
commonly known as
black powder to
distinguish it from
modern smokeless powder, is the
earliest known chemical explosive. It
consists of...
-
called monkey jackets,
which were worn by the
rigging monkey. Similarly, the term
powder monkey was used for
small boys that
would run
black powder from...
- who
worked in the
caves were
called "peter
monkey",
somewhat in
imitation of the
naval term "
powder monkey" that was used for the boys who
brought up...
-
Served on the ship his
father commanded, the U.S.S. Cossack. He was a "
powder monkey," p****ing
ammunition to the
gunners from the magazine.
During the battle...
- at the age of seven, Dirk
Struan began his
nautical adventures as a
powder monkey on a King's ship at the
Battle of Trafalgar, and
becomes bound to the...