Have you ever wondered why all ships have their rudders placed at the aft of their propellers? Why isn’t a rudder placed at the bow (forward) of the ship? Or for that matter, why is it always placed behind the propeller? Just imagine a ship with a rudder at its bow. Wouldn’t it look ugly? Well, we naval architects are least bothered about that, when it comes to ship design practices.
99/22 Spassk, marinos vascos en el gulag
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Historias de los vascos
A juicio del historiador y archivero ruso A. V. Elpátievsky, el destino de los marinos es uno de los menos claros en la historia de la emigración republicana en la Unión Soviética. Catorce de ellos eran vascos
Un reportaje de Begoña Etxenagusia Atutxa - Sábado, 24 de Enero de 2015 - Actualizado a las 06:03h
EL 23 de enero de 1947, Agustín Llona escribía esta carta a su familia desde un lugar llamado Espasca: Los españoles que nos encontramos en este campo de internados llevamos cinco años sin noticia alguna de nuestros familiares y a nuestros familiares supongo que os habrá sucedido cosa por el estilo a pesar de nuestros esfuerzos por comunicarnos. Llevamos diez años no pudiendo conseguir nuestra repatriación
How Does A Rudder Help In Turning A Ship?
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Daily Echo reporter takes control of virtual vehicle carrier to find out the challenges pilots face
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Daily Echo reporter takes control of virtual vehicle carrier to find out the challenges pilots face
A PILOT'S LIFE for Rory: lecturer Steve Window coaches Echo reporter Rory McKoewn in the art of piloting a vehicle carrier.
Daily cho co. uk.
WITH minimal sailing experience under my belt, the prospect of piloting a cargo ship was a daunting one.
I had grappled the Dongfeng ocean racing vessel on the Solent during Cowes Week, which was an exhilarating moment.
Thankfully my opportunity at guiding a 200-metre vehicle carrier – similar to that of the Hoegh Osaka – was on dry land and in the safety of a hi-tech simulator at SouthamptonSolent
Exclusive Photos: Inside the Engine Room Of World’s Largest Ship – Maersk Triple- E
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The world’s largest ship – Maersk Triple E has created quite a stir in the maritime industry. These large 18,000 TEU, fuel-efficient container ships are renowned as much for their energy efficiency as their size.
Maersk Line has ordered a series of 20 Triple-E vessels, with 10 now already in or entering service, and a further 10 under construction at DSME in South Korea. The vessel is 400 meters long, 59 meters wide and 73 meters high, boasting a world-beating 18,000 TEU capacity. It weighs in at 165,000 dwt.
The Triple-E’s are designed with a ‘twin-skeg’ propulsion system (two-engine, two-propeller). The Triple-E’s two propellers are
Roamer: Pilot-ship memories make history come alive
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Belfast Pilot moored off Carrickfergus between 1943 and 1959
Published 16/01/2015 15:37 NewsLetter co. uk.
Amongst the many reminiscences and accounts shared here every week, ships, very understandably, have featured regularly.
Little wonder! We live on an island where the sea and our maritime heritage profoundly affects us in every way.
“The sound of a steamer’s horn at night still conjures up my whole boyhood,” admitted C.S. Lewis, who used to gaze across Belfast Lough and the shipyards with his beloved telescope.
One of the highlights of Lewis’s childhood was the annual seaside holiday with his mother and brother, often to Castlerock.
In 1901 his mother wrote home from the north coast to husband Albert “Today baby was very anxious