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Wheel or ship`s wheel
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
The usual steering device on larger vessels: a wheel with a horizontal axis, connected by cables to the rudder.
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Horizontal, английский
- Горизонталь; горизонтальный
- Горизонталь; горизонтальный 287
- At right angles to the direction of gravity; on the level; parallel to the horizon; neither vertical nor inclined.
- A direction parallel to the horizon, or what is commonly termed lying flat. one of the greatest inconveniences navigators have to struggle with is the frequent want of a distinct sight of the horizon. to obviate this a horizontal spinning speculum was adopted by mr. lerson, who was lost in the victory man-of-war, in which ship he was sent out to make trial of his instrument. this was afterwards improved by smeaton, and consists of a well-polished metal speculum about 3-1/2 inches in diameter, inclosed within a circular rim of brass, so fitted that the centre of gravity of the whole shall fall near the point on which it spins. this is the end of a steel axis running through the centre of the speculum, above which it finishes in a square for the convenience of fitting a
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Yardarm, английский
- The very end of a yard. often mistaken for a "yard", which refers to the entire spar. as in to hang "from the yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm" (late enough to have a drink).
- The tapered outboard extremity of a yard extending beyond the sail. see clear the yardarm and sun’s over the yardarm.
Destroyer escort, английский
- The united states navy term for a smaller, lightly armed warship built in large numbers during world war ii (and ins smaller numbers thereafter), cheaper, slower, and less-well-armed than a destroyer but larger and more heavily armed than a corvette and designed to escort convoys of merchant ships or naval auxiliaries or second-line naval forces. employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provided some protection against aircraft and smaller surface ships. generally known as "frigates" in other navies, and designated as such in the u.s. navy as well by the 1970s.
- The usn’s world war ii designation of an ocean escort frigate.
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