Name This...(205 Special Edation)

[Tankerace]

I always heard them refered to as mine cutters, even though I don't see how they could be used as such. How could they be propellor gguards? A human could fall right through them, and still be sucked up by the props.

I know on subs they are minecutters, to rather things to keep minecables and other stuff from fouling the propellors. I dunno though, I could be wrong.

[Ron Saueracker]

Propellor guards were there to protect the props from damage caused while alongside docks, ships, etc. If a sailor fell off and bounced off one, he was lucky. That's what rope lashings and railings were for. propellor guards appeared on ships with slender hulls and even more slender sterns, and the propellor blades actually extended beyond the breadth of the hull. I believe they were also designed to keep hausers from accidently fouling the props while maneuving in harbor, sort of a last ditch contrivance to keep the props clear of fouling (gives a sailor a chance to correct his or someone elses mistake)

[fbastos]

propellor guards appeared on ships with slender hulls and even more slender sterns, and the propellor blades actually extended beyond the breadth of the hull.

Oh... I could quite never get what these things were for...

Great info, Ron, thank you.

F.

PS: Living = Learning

PS 2: Hmmm.. Living = Learning why the Zerstorers 1934A had propellor guards... gah, now I'm depressed...

[ENRIGAST]

I have this picture in the translation to spanish of the book "War on the High Seas", It's true that the ship is a german DD escorting the Gneisenau,that is not sawn here, later the Geneisenau would recover the plane with her crane. The plane is called a reconnainssance one.