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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    A pair of fluid-filled tanks mounted on opposite sides of a ship below the waterline. The tanks are cross-linked by piping or ducts to allow water to flow between them and at the top by vents or air pipes. The piping is sized so that as the fluid flows from side to side it damps the amount of roll. anti-submarine net. Also anti-submarine boom.

  3. Floatplane - Wikipedia

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    A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an amphibious aircraft.

  4. Diving plane - Wikipedia

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    Diving plane. The port bow plane of the Soviet-era submarine B-39. Diving planes, also known as hydroplanes, are control surfaces found on a submarine which allow the vessel to pitch its bow and stern up or down to assist in the process of submerging or surfacing the boat, as well as controlling depth when submerged. [1]

  5. Boss (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Boss (engineering) Two bosses in the form of cylinders on a mechanical part. The cylinder to the right is filleted near its base. In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a workpiece. [1] A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some motors use a precisely machined boss on ...

  6. Crab claw sail - Wikipedia

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    Trapezial boom lug ( Vietnam) The crab claw sail is a fore-and-aft triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail was first developed by the Austronesian peoples by at least 2000 BCE. It is used in many traditional Austronesian cultures in Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar.

  7. Mechanical Galleon - Wikipedia

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    M&ME 1866,10-30,1. The Mechanical Galleon is an elaborate nef or table ornament in the form of a ship, which is also an automaton and clock. It was constructed in about 1585 by Hans Schlottheim in southern Germany. It was in the possession of Augustus, Elector of Saxony (who would have been one of the model courtiers shown on the ship). [1]