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Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: john9001 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?
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ 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?
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: ra on August 18, 2003, 02:40:54 PM
That's the umbilical cord.
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: MiloMorai 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.
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: maddog on August 18, 2003, 04:15:00 PM
Ladders
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: Arlo on August 18, 2003, 05:58:43 PM
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Originally posted by ra
That's the umbilical cord.


Hehe ... and Ra makes a play on words off of "navel." :D
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: Shane on August 18, 2003, 08:50:13 PM
yes, people had navels before WW2.
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: Dowding 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
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: Arlo on August 19, 2003, 12:30:49 PM
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Originally posted by Dowding
'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
Title: pre WW2 navel question
Post by: DiabloTX 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.



(http://steelnavy.com/images/Dreadnought%20Steel%20Navy/BackerDNBuildup15.jpg)
Title: nope...
Post by: joeblogs on August 26, 2003, 01:50:13 PM
OARS


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



(http://steelnavy.com/images/Dreadnought%20Steel%20Navy/BackerDNBuildup15.jpg)