- recently,
ships have been
hulked when they
become obsolete or when they
become uneconomical to operate. A
sheer hulk (or
shear hulk) was used in shipbuilding...
-
hulk 1802, sold 1811.
Camperdown 70 – ex-Dutch Jupiter,
prison ship 1798,
powder hulk 1802, sold 1817.
Gelykheid 64/68 –
guardship 1803,
sheer hulk 1807...
-
without the ****istance of
either a
sheer hulk or land-based
masting sheer was
extremely difficult. The
concept of
sheer hulks originated with the
Royal Navy...
-
employ a
sheer hulk, an old
floating ship's hull ****ed with
sheer legs, and used to
install masts in
other ships.
Crane (machine)
Masting sheer Sheerleg...
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notorious hulks pla**** a
crucial role in
detaining criminals. The term "prison
hulk" is not
synonymous with the
related term
convict ship. A
hulk is a ship...
- (the Dromedary), at Antigua, off
Brooklyn in
Wallabout Bay, and at
Sheerness.
Other hulks were anc****d off Woolwich, Portsmouth, Chatham, Deptford, and...
- are
Hulk vs. Thor and
Hulk vs. Wolverine. In
Hulk vs. Thor, Thor's
villainous half-brother Loki
teams up with the
Enchantress to
separate the
Hulk and...
-
fourth rate
launched in 1693,
rebuilt in 1718 and
hulked in 1740. She was
beached in 1748 and a
sheer hulk and was
broken up in 1749. HMS Medway (1742), a...
- HMS Kent (1798) was a 74-gun
third rate
launched in 1798,
converted to a
sheer hulk in 1856, and
broken up in 1881. HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel...
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introduced as
early as the 14th century.
During the age of sail, the
sheer hulk was used
extensively as a
floating crane for
tasks that
required heavy...
