. Marine Engineer . SECTION AT-FRAML 65 LOOKING AFT enable the crew to work the guns and get from one end of thevessel to the other. The hatchway coamings, skylights,etc., are all brought up to this platform, so that the seas canwash over the deck of the vessel—the crew standing abovethe water. No doubt a considerable amount of weight maybe saved by this construction, but it is doubtful if thevessel can be so efficiently worked in bad weather as onewith a much greater freeboard. It must not be forgottenthat a type of boat may be suited to one class of sea andcoast, although not successful in a
. Marine Engineer . SECTION AT-FRAML 65 LOOKING AFT enable the crew to work the guns and get from one end of thevessel to the other. The hatchway coamings, skylights,etc., are all brought up to this platform, so that the seas canwash over the deck of the vessel—the crew standing abovethe water. No doubt a considerable amount of weight maybe saved by this construction, but it is doubtful if thevessel can be so efficiently worked in bad weather as onewith a much greater freeboard. It must not be forgottenthat a type of boat may be suited to one class of sea andcoast, although not successful in another, and the Frenchmay be all that is required for the Channel, but wouldnot do so well for the North Sea or the Atlantic. MonsieurNormand has informed the author, however, that in the latestdestroyers of large dimensions which he is building he hasabandoned this special construction, and has adopted muchmore the British type, as will be seen from Fig. I, which hehas kindly supplied, showing one of his latesf v
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