Per Posted April 18, 2013 #1 Posted April 18, 2013 Yesterday, I came upon a couple of photos of one of RMS Olympic's lifeboats, taken around the time of her scrapping in the mid-30s. On the top seven strakes are these faired filling pieces stretching along the centre half of the hull. Does anyone know their function and what they are called? Per Quote
Jim Lad Posted April 18, 2013 #2 Posted April 18, 2013 Per, As far as I know they are somply called fairing pieces. Their p[urpose was to stop the planking strakes from catching on protruding rivets or plate edges as the boat was being lowered - that's why they're only along the midships section. John avsjerome2003 1 Quote
Per Posted April 18, 2013 Author #3 Posted April 18, 2013 Thanks John. That sounds logical. A riveted steel hull would act like an abrasive paper on a wooden boat. Per Quote
Jim Lad Posted April 18, 2013 #4 Posted April 18, 2013 Per, You also have to remember that they had to take into acount lowering boats against a heavy list. Without the fairing, it would be easy for the lifeboat planking edges to get 'hung up' on a plate edge on the ship. John Quote
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