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Hulk
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
- 1. a ship, often an old ship or one that has become obsolete or uneconomical to operate, that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed and is incapable of going to sea, but that is afloat and continues to serve a useful function, such as providing living, office, training, storage, or prison space.
- Is generally applied to a vessel condemned as unfit for the risks of the sea, and used as a store-vessel and housing for crews while refitting the vessels they belong to. there are also hulks for convicts, and for masting, as sheer-hulk. (see sheers.)
- [1] slang for a clumsy or unwieldy vessel. [2] the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vessel. [3] formerly and figuratively, an old sailor worn out in the service. [4] during the 17th to 19th centuries, the hull of a vessel condemned as unfit for sea service, dismasted and moored for use as a training or receiving ship, or a floating crane (sheer hulk), or a floating storage facility (warehouse hulk), or to house convicts or prisoners-of-war (prison hulk). lack of space in the dockyards and the ready availability of ships retired from fighting careers were some of the reasons why the navy used hulks rather than building on land.
- Большой неуклюжий человек большое неповоротливое судно
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Reefer, английский
- 1. a shipboard refrigerator.
- Refrigerator ship: a vessel designed to carry goods requiring refrigeration, such as meat and fruit. a reefer ship has insulated holds into which cold air is passed at the temperature appropriate to the goods being carried.
- Refrigerator ship; a vessel designed to carry goods requiring refrigeration, such as meat and fruit. a reefer ship has insulated holds into which cold air is passed at the temperature appropriate to the goods being carried.
- [1] usn name for a pea jacket. [2] rn name for a double-breasted navy blue uniform jacket. [3] slang for a cold compartment or refrigerator ship. [3] formerly, a slang term for marijuana.
- See refrigerated van.
Razee, английский
- 1. a sailing ship that has been cut down to reduce the number of decks.
- A ship which has been razed. in the rn, a razee was usually a line-of-battle ship that had been cut down to become an extra-powerful, shallow-draft frigate. in the usn it was often a frigate converted to a powerful sloop-of-war.
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