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Hawser (/ˈhɔːzər/) is a
nautical term for a
thick rope used in
mooring or
towing a ship. A
hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A
hawser p****es through...
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submerging the cable, is not more
strenuous than lowering.
Hawsers are not cables.
Hawsers are
ropes of
arbitrary length woven together to
increase the...
- by his
degenerate brother.
After their alienation, he
turns to
Commodore Hawser Trunnion, who
raises him. Peregrine's
detailed life
experience provides...
- is a
nautical term for a
small hole in the hull of a ship
through which hawsers may be p****ed. It is also
known as a cat hole. In the (British)
Royal Navy...
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multiply the
pulling force of
sailors when
hauling ropes, cables, and
hawsers. The
principle is
similar to that of the windl****,
which has a horizontal...
- by
means of a
hawser arrangement. Oil
Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
standards are
available for
mooring systems. The
hawser arrangement usually...
- 22. "Titanic in
Peril on
Leaving Port;
Suction of
Giant Liner Breaks Hawsers of the New York,
Which Floats Helpless". The New York Times. 11
April 1912...
- wharf, pier, or quay. The
posts are used to
secure mooring lines, ropes,
hawsers, or cables.
Bitts aboard wooden sailing ships (sometime
called cable-bitts)...
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Mooring is
often accomplished using thick ropes called mooring lines or
hawsers. The
lines are
fixed to deck ****ings on the
vessel at one end and to ****ings...
- a
hawser to the
towing eye on the bow or
wrapping steel hawsers around her hull, but her
stern was too
deeply embedded in the mud and the
hawsers parted...
