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  2. Fairmile B motor launch - Wikipedia

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    The Fairmile B motor launch (often abbreviated to 'ML') was a very numerous class of motor launch produced in kit form by British boatbuilder Fairmile Marine, and then assembled and fitted out by numerous boatyards during the Second World War to meet the Royal Navy's coastal operation requirements.

  3. Rig (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Square rig uses square sails as the major sails on a vessel. It is common for square rigged vessels to include some fore and aft sails, such as staysails. A mast may be referred to as a square rigged mast where square sails predominate – this would differentiate from other masts on the same vessel being fore-and-aft rigged, for example in a ...

  4. Brig - Wikipedia

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    A Bentinck boom is fitted to the foot of the fore-course as a labour saving device when tacking. A small trading brig entering the Bristol Avon, painted by Joseph Walter. A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type ...

  5. Olympias (trireme) - Wikipedia

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    The trireme was a fast attack, light displacement vessel. In order to sustain the bending moments of her considerable length, a tightened rope (hypozomata) was mounted beneath the deck spanning from bow to stern. This was an ingenious way to increase rigidity of the hull. Today in modern construction it is called pre-tensioning. After every ...

  6. Fore-and-aft rig - Wikipedia

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    Austronesians in Southeast Asia also later developed other types of fore-and-aft sails, such as the tanja sail (also known as the canted square sail, canted rectangular sail, or the balance lug sail). [3] Their use later spread into the Indian Ocean since the first millennium, among vessels from the Middle East, South Asia, and China. [4] [5]

  7. Foresail - Wikipedia

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    The lowest square sail on the foremast of a full-rigged ship or other vessel which is square-rigged. [ 2 ] Sails set forward of the mainmast , such as jibs and staysails , are sometimes referred to as foresails, although " headsails " is a more common term, headsail can also specifically refer to the sail on a forestay that connects directly to ...

  8. USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo - Wikipedia

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    The vessel has 162,500 square feet of vehicle storage space, can carry up to 1,605,000 gallons of petroleum, 81,700 gallons of water, and 522 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers. In addition to cargo space, 2 LCM-8 , 1 Side Loadable Warping Tug, 4 Causeway Section, Powered, and 4 Causeway Section, Non Powered equipment can also be carried.

  9. Junk rig - Wikipedia

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    The Keying was a Chinese ship that employed a junk sailing rig. Scale model of a Tagalog outrigger ship with junk sails from Manila, 19th century. The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.