Double banked ?

[Tony Wilding]

When referring to a Ship as being double banked, is that referring to double banked lifeboats. ?

[john sutton]

it means tied up alongside another ship thats tied up at the quay
john sutton

[John Gill]

When i was a gloryhole steward aboard the Capetown Castle the term double banked sometimes applied to the practice of when shaking one occupant of a bunk for turn to, two fell out.
gilly

[alf corbyn]

it refered to the roman triremes ie double banked oars. well it was in my day haha

[Ian Malcolm]

This was common practice in Algiers during WWII.

Regards

Ian

[Tony Wilding]

this question was posted on another site, but no replies then, it referred to the Film San Demetrio, London, when they abandoned Ship and were in the Lifeboat another Ship was sighted Hull down on the Horizon, the Second Mate said , she is a double banker, ? ? if She was Hull down you would only see her Funnels, ? maybe 2 funneled ?

[Captain Kong]

I only ever heard of a `double banked set of oars.`

[Robert T. Bush]

I remember the Custom was for the ship with the highest freeboard to provide the gangway. There were sometimes three and four ships tied up to gether.

[robpage]

dou·ble-bank

[duhb-uhl-bangk] Show IPA
verb (used with object) Nautical .1.to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).

2.to have people pull (a rope) from both sides.

3.to row (a boat) with rowers for both sides on each thwart.



Origin:
1825–35

But Baltic chartering BIMCO have a long clause about it at https://www.bimco.org/en/Chartering/...SC2008_03.aspx

[j.sabourn]

As post 7 two oarsmen sitting on the same thwart. (not on each others knees) John Sabourn