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Offline john9001

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« on: August 18, 2003, 02:11:07 PM »
i have seen pics of the HMS Dreadnought and other battleships of that era and i can't figure out what the diagonal things on the side of the ships hull are, they look like pipes or something , anybody know?
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Offline _Schadenfreude_

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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2003, 02:23:00 PM »
might be the booms they used to hold up anti torpedo nets...have you got a pic?
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Offline ra

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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2003, 02:40:54 PM »
That's the umbilical cord.
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Offline MiloMorai

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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2003, 02:50:41 PM »
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
might be the booms they used to hold up anti torpedo nets...have you got a pic?


John, do they start near the waterline and angle back and up towards the deck? If so then would agree with Schadenfreude.
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Offline maddog

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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2003, 04:15:00 PM »
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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2003, 05:58:43 PM »
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That's the umbilical cord.


Hehe ... and Ra makes a play on words off of "navel." :D
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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2003, 08:50:13 PM »
yes, people had navels before WW2.
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2003, 04:49:54 AM »
'Navel' and 'Naval' are two entirely different words, Arlo. He wasn't making a play on the word, rather than using the true meaning. :p
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2003, 12:30:49 PM »
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'Navel' and 'Naval' are two entirely different words, Arlo. He wasn't making a play on the word, rather than using the true meaning. :p


They are? I completely missed that! :D
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2003, 01:09:23 PM »
Those diagonal booms on the sides of the ship are indeed anti-torpedo net riggings.  Very common in those days.



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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2003, 01:50:13 PM »
OARS


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Those diagonal booms on the sides of the ship are indeed anti-torpedo net riggings.  Very common in those days.



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