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by **Peekay** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:04 pm

peter wrote:
HMS Belfast last Tuesday

These's a great book called "Gold Seeker" by Keith Jessop about the salvage operation on the HMS Edinburgh. She had a rather 4.5 ton of Gold on board when she went down in the Barents. The Edinburgh and the Belfast are/were Town-class cruisers so the divers used the Belfast to do blind walk roughs to the strongroom so they knew where they were going in the dark on the Edinburgh. I'd like to get down and see the Belfast one day to get a rough idea what these lads had to do. Couldn't have been much fun as she's about 300mtrs nearer to hell.

PK

by **onyirtodd** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:17 pm

Peekay wrote: ...................

Only one rope on a ship! The rest are sheets and stays. Todays question is....Name the one rope?

the one that rings the bell :wink:

by **Peekay** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:27 pm

Nope! Not all ships have bells.

PK

by **Sharon** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:32 pm

The one that hold the flag?

by **Pripyat** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:45 pm

The hangmans :wink:

by **Peekay** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:02 pm

Nope and nope! Honestly, there's only one official "rope" on a ship. This isn't a wind-up.

Wee clue- You may, in fact, you will have called someone a name that could be ryhming slang for it!

PK

by **Sharon** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:04 pm

On the captains hat!?

by **Peekay** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:08 pm

Nope. I was asked this and the guy kept me awake for weeks refusing to tell me until I loosened his inhibitions one night

PK

by **onyirtodd** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:16 pm

Peekay wrote:Nope. I was asked this and the guy kept me awake for weeks refusing to tell me until I loosened his inhibitions one night

PK

That doesn't mean he was telling the truth.

by **ozneil** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:20 am

anchor
Rhymes with Merchant Banker

by **Peekay** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:39 am

ozneil wrote:anchor
Rhymes with Merchant Banker

That's the one. Have a sweetie! Even the bigger ships still have one. It might be made of steel, but it's still referred to as the "Anchor Rope".

PK

by **onyirtodd** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:10 pm

Peekay wrote:
ozneil wrote:anchor
Rhymes with Merchant Banker

That's the one. Have a sweetie! Even the bigger ships still have one. It might be made of steel, but it's still referred to as the "Anchor Rope".

PK

I refer you to a recent Royal Navy/ MOD briefing document

http://www.rncom.mod.uk/uploadedFiles/R ... 9Mar06.pdf

where the term used throughout is anchor cable.

by **retired tiger** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:29 pm

Peekay wrote:
ozneil wrote:anchor
Rhymes with Merchant Banker

That's the one. Have a sweetie! Even the bigger ships still have one. It might be made of steel, but it's still referred to as the "Anchor Rope".

PK

Hold on there shipmate ::):

I have it on good authority that the only rope is the one attached to the ships bell.
Discuss :wink:

PS ask me about my experience with Futtock Shrouds. ::):

by **Peekay** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:07 pm

OYT- I bet the sailors still refer to it as the anchor rope though. That report was written by a commander. He probably thinks the world smells of "Battleship Grey"

RT- Not all ships have a bell. They all have an anchor. Unless we're talking about the Rouken Glen rowies of course.

I shall cede, however, to a "mooring rope", but that serves the same purpose as an "anchor rope"

PK

by **junkcatcher** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:07 pm

Peekay wrote:OYT- I bet the sailors still refer to it as the anchor rope though. That report was written by a commander. He probably thinks the world smells of "Battleship Grey"

RT- Not all ships have a bell. They all have an anchor. Unless we're talking about the Rouken Glen rowies of course.

I shall cede, however, to a "mooring rope", but that serves the same purpose as an "anchor rope"

PK

Also only one set of windows on a ship the bridge windows the exception being on ships with engine control rooms which obviously have control room windows..

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