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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. 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]

  4. Leeboard - Wikipedia

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    Leeboard. A leeboard is a form of pivoting keel used by a sailboat largely and very often in lieu of a fixed keel. Typically mounted in pairs on each side of a hull, leeboards function much like a centreboard, allowing shallow-draft craft to ply waters fixed keel boats cannot.

  5. Seamount - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without reaching the water surface ( sea level ), and thus is not an island, islet, or cliff -rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinct volcanoes that rise abruptly and are usually found rising from the seafloor to 1,000–4,000 m (3,300–13,100 ft) in height.

  6. Reed Tablemount - Wikipedia

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    Reed Tablemount (also referred to as Reed Bank, Recto Bank and several other names) is a large tablemount or guyot in the South China Sea north-east of Dangerous Ground and north-east of the Spratly Islands. It covers an area of 8,866 square kilometres (3,423 sq mi), [1] but with depths between only 9 and 45 metres (30 and 148 ft). [2]

  7. Skeg - Wikipedia

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    Skeg. A skeg (or skegg or skag) is a sternward extension of the keel of boats and ships which have a rudder mounted on the centre line. [1] The term also applies to the lowest point on an outboard motor or the outdrive of an inboard/outboard. [A] [B] In more recent years, the name has been used for a fin on a surfboard which improves ...