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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. Type 093 submarine - Wikipedia

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    These boats have a streamlined sail lengthened by 2.5 meters to reach the Type 093's design speed of 30 knots, a stern towed array sonar deployment tube, and a hump behind the sail; the hump is likely for the towed array handling gear and is not a vertical launching system (VLS). The hump was box-like on the first boat, tall and streamlined on ...

  5. 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]

  6. Long-tail boat - Wikipedia

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    The long-tail boat, ( Thai: เรือหางยาว, RTGS : ruea hang yao, [1] pronounced [rɯ̄a̯ hǎːŋ jāːw]) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [2] A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight long ...

  7. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of seamen when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. The capstan and the anchor windlass on the deck below that it drives.