The Type XIV U-boat was a modification of the Type IXD, designed to resupply other U-boats. Because they were nicknamed "Milchkuh/Milchkühe (pl.)" (milk cows), a common name for them was milchcow. They had no offensive weaponry, only antiaircraft guns. In the middle part of World War II, the Milk Cows successfully allowed the smaller Type VIIC boats to raid the American coast during the "second happy time". The milk cows were of course a priority target for all Allied forces, and improved radar and air coverage eliminated them during 1943. Milk cow duty was especially hazardous; 289 sailors were ...

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• Type XIV U-boat - General Characteristics

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Dive boat, Dive boat - Dive boat features, Dive boat - Types of dive boat, Dive boat - Rigid-hulled inflatable boat RIB, Dive boat - Day boat, Dive boat - Liveaboard, Dive boat - Sources

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List of sailing boat types, List of sailing boat types - Keelboats and yachts, List of sailing boat types - Sailing dinghies and skiffs, List of sailing boat types - Catamarans and trimarans, List of sailing boat types - Windsurfing boards, List of sailing boat types - Types of sailing vessels and rigs, List of sailing boat types - Sails spars and rigging, List of sailing boat types - Sailing manoeuvres

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A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. Some boats are commonly carried by a ship or on land using trailers. A boat consists of one or more buoyancy structures called hulls and some system of propulsion, such as a screw, oars, paddles, a setting pole, a sail, paddlewheels or a water jet. Boat - Parts of a Boat. The roughly horizontal but cambered structures spanning the hull of the boat are referred to as the "deck". In a ship there are often several, but a boat is unli ...

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• Boat - Parts of a Boat
• Boat - Types of Boats
• Boat - Unusual types of boats
• Boat - Unusual uses of the word Boat

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Boat building is one of the oldest branches of engineering and is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging. Boat building - Portions. Each part of the hull has a different name and purpose: bow - the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the resistance of the hull cutting through water and should be tall enough to prevent water from easily washing over the top of the hull. bulkhead - the internal walls ...

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• Boat building - Portions
• Boat building - Construction Methods
• Boat building - Hull types

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A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. A ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats, dinghies, or runabouts. A rule of thumb saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat". Often local law and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of masts) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one refers ...

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• Ship - Measuring ships
• Ship - Propulsion
• Ship - General terminology
• Ship - Shipboard terminology
• Ship - Some types of ships and boats
• Ship - Some historical types of ships and boats
• Ship - Quotations

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A race is a competition of speed. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed. A race to cover a certain distance may be any length, and using any means stipulated by the rules. Running a distance is the most basic form of racing, but races are often conducted in vehicles, such as boats and cars, on or ...

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• Racing - List of types of race
• Racing - Unassisted human racing
• Racing - Cycle racing
• Racing - Ski racing
• Racing - Animal racing
• Racing - Aircraft racing
• Racing - Motorized racing motorsport
• Racing - Boat racing
• Racing - Other types
• Racing - Etymology

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Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. Sailing - Basic sailing techniques. First see the notes on points of sail which introduce some important principles. Sailing - Turning a sailing boat. When turning a sailing boat, the direction relative to the wind is as important as the direction overall. Thus all turns can be described by one of the following terms: ...

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• Sailing - Basic sailing techniques
• Sailing - Turning a sailing boat
• Sailing - Trim
• Sailing - Running
• Sailing - Reaching
• Sailing - Sailing upwind
• Sailing - Reducing sail
• Sailing - Sail trimming
• Sailing - Heeling
• Sailing - 'Apparent' wind
• Sailing - Sailing safety
• Sailing - Sailing hulls and hull shapes
• Sailing - Types of sails and layouts
• Sailing - Sailing terminology
• Sailing - Rope & line
• Sailing - Other terms
• Sailing - Sailing regulations
• Sailing - Sailboat racing
• Sailing - Sailing traditions and etiquette

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A canoe is a relatively small boat, typically human-powered, but also commonly sailed. Canoes are pointed at both ends and usually open on top. In its human-powered form, the canoe is propelled by the use of paddles, with the number of paddlers depending on the size of canoe. Paddlers face in the direction of travel, either seated on supports in the hull, or kneeling directly upon the hull. In this way paddling a canoe can be contrasted with rowing, where the rowers face away from the direction of travel. Pa ...

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• Canoe - Ambiguity over the word Canoe
• Canoe - Design and construction
• Canoe - The parts of a canoe
• Canoe - Canoe materials
• Canoe - Rounded and flat bottoms
• Canoe - Keels
• Canoe - Types of canoes
• Canoe - Modern designs
• Canoe - Traditional designs
• Canoe - Other boats that are not canoes
• Canoe - Use
• Canoe - Steering
• Canoe - Paddle strokes
• Canoe - Setting poles

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Vallam Kali (or Vallamkali) literally means boat game (race) in Malayalam. It is the traditional boat race in Kerala (a state in south India). It is mainly contacted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in Autumn. Vallam Kali include races of many kinds of traditional boats of Kerala. The race of Chundan Vallam (snake boat) is the major item. Hence Vallam Kali is also known in English as Snake Boat Race and a major tourist attraction. Other types of boats which do participate in various events in the race are Churulan Vallam, Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu Vallam (Vaipu Vallam ...

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• Vallam Kali - The most renowned of these races
• Vallam Kali - Other boat races in Kerala

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A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat), or a cat-rigged sailboat, is a sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward (i.e., near the front of the boat). Although any boat with a single sail and a mast carried well forward is 'technically' a catboat, the traditional catboat has a wide beam approximately half the length of the boat, a centerboard, and a single gaff-rigged sail. Some catboats such as the Barnegat Bay type and more modern catboat designs carry a Bermuda sail. A jib is so ...

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• Catboat - Description
• Catboat - Other Types of Sailing Vessels

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A raft is a special type of boat, distinguished by the absence of a hull. Rafts are kept afloat either by buoyant materials such as wood, or by inflated containers. This technology has been superseded by hulled boats in most parts of the world but inflatable rafts manufactured of flexible materials are used for recreational navigation of whitewater. See also. Rafting Lifeboat The Raft of the Medusa Project RAFT Thor Heyerdahl
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A coracle is a primitive type of boat. It is a light boat, oval in shape, and formed of canvas stretched on a framework of split and interwoven rods, and well-coated with tar and pitch to render it water-tight. According to early writers the framework was covered with horse or bullock hide (corium). So light and portable are these boats that they can easily be carried on the fisherman's shoulders when proceeding to and from his work. Coracle-fishing is performed by two men, each seated in his coracle and with one hand holding t ...

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The International 5.5 Metre Class was conceived as a type of racing keel boat which gave a similar sailing experience to the International 6 Metre Class but at a lower cost. Each 5.5 metre boat is unique because considerable variation is allowed by use of a design formula. The various design parameters of a new boat (eg, length, weight, sail area etc etc) are input into the 5.5 metre formula and the result must be 5.5 metres. If the result is not 5.5 then a parameter or combination of parameters must be adjusted to achieve a re ...

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A gig might be: A slang term for a casual short job, usually a one-off concert or recording session. A contraction of gigabyte. A type of light carriage. A type of spear, with a trident shape and a long handle. A similarly designed type of fishing tackle. A contraction for Captain's Gig, a rowing boat crewed by four plus a coxswain, mainly used in harbours and sheltered bays. A Cornish pilot gig, a rowing boat crewed by six plus a coxswain, used in the open

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Chum can mean: a friend (chiefly a U.K. term but also fully understood in U.S.) a type of salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), native to the northern Pacific and adjacent waterways a mixture of fish parts and blood used to attract sharks any foods used to attract fish or other aquatic animals for viewing a heavy weight attached near the centre of a boat's mooring line. It keeps the rope tight as the tide rises, holding the boat against the quayside. Canada's CHUM Li

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The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines also known as the Type 2400 due to their displacement of 2,400t) were diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarines designed in Britain the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force. That force was intended to comprise 18 nuclear-powered attack boats (SSNs) and four ballistic missile boats (SSBNs), but construction of the SSNs fell behind schedule, and the construction plans were altered to include ten modern SSKs as well. Originally named the UpholderIncluding:

• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Canadian service
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Design
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Weapons Systems
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Countermeasures
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Sensors
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Propulsion
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Statistics
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Ships in class

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Cornish may refer to An adjective describing something or someone that is from or related to Cornwall Cornish people Cornish language Cornish, a chicken breed Cornish pilot gig, a type of rowing boat Joe Cornish, British television personality Other related archivesCornish, Cornish language, Cornish people, Cornish pilot gig, Cornwall, Joe Cornish, chicken

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A whaleboat is a type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. It was originally developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, since it does not need to be turned around for beaching or refloating. Whaleboats are traditionally oar-powered, although in whaling use often had a dismountable mast and sails, too. After 1850 most were fitted with a centerboard for sailing. When sailing, steering was with a rudder; when row ...

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List of sailing boat types, List of sailing boat types - Keelboats and yachts, List of sailing boat types - Sailing dinghies and skiffs, List of sailing boat types - Catamarans and trimarans, List of sailing boat types - Windsurfing boards, List of sailing boat types - Types of sailing vessels and rigs, List of sailing boat types - Sails spars and rigging, List of sailing boat types - Sailing manoeuvres

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