PATCHING BATTLESHIPS.
After the conflict, Jack Tars have several methods of stopping the incoming water when a battleship has been hit below tho water-line. hoi instance (writes an exchange , if -a small hole has been made m tho \os sol’s side, an apparatus like an u nbrella is used. This is thrust through the hole point first, and tl-en drawn ba'k so that it will open like an umbrolp—leaving the canvas outside. Of’course, the pressure of the> watei effectually fn-ccs the canvas against the ship’s side, thus stopping the leak: but to make it more so me tie handle of tho ..umbrella, formed like a screw, is fastened,by a nut inside. . , , , v p o u Tn the case ot a bigger leak—w hen. the ship has boon stove in below the water-line-a. large mat made of can vas and o-r.knm. is used., Hus has to he fixed into nosition by means ol fit ‘he fixing is not a- very casv matter • <r one rope has to he got' Sht under t'”’ keel, to the other side of’the shin order to draw, the mat angles* to giGE the mat to its ngntposition.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 6
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191PATCHING BATTLESHIPS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 6
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