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Re: USS Thomas Stone TORCH transport attacked
Posted by: Ken Deshaies ()
Date: April 12, 2008 07:59PM

Tom....

Hulking

When a ship is no longer fit to go to sea and is left on a beach, it is said to be `hulked`. Hulking was a common fate for wooden ships, especially if they had lost some of their masts and rigging in bad weather or were no longer seaworthy. But with an iron or steel ship, hulking is less common as its metal has a scrap value and the ship can be sold to a shipbreaker. Prison hulks were old ships in which convicts were imprisoned, often before being transported to a penal colony, such as Australia.

Hulking could also mean that the ship could be tied up at a pier and be used to provide power services.

[www.plimsoll.org]

Regards,

Ken Deshaies

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