port-holes

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I have heard of a back scuttle but I do not know what that mean.[/QUOTE]

Obvioulsy you never sailed with either UCL, P&O or Cunard.

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Originally Posted by Colin Pook

similar to the flag thread, I was once asked, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROUND OPENING IN A SHIPS SIDE THAT IS USUALLY FOUND IN A CABIN?

Answer-- A PORT HOLE!

WRONG!!

IT'S A SCUTTLE! (another useless piece of information)

Colin

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And there were were for years thinking a Scuttle was someting to put the coal in.

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Originally Posted by John Albert Evans

As many as others on here have done as well, when in the tropics I used to stick a piece of metal out of the port hole in order to get some cool air into my cabin. Thinking about it, it must have looked just like a coal scuttle from the outside.:cool:

John Albert Evans.

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And like a swimming pool on the inside when the big waves hit.

it was 'always make sure your ports are clean for inspection'[/QUOTE]

Would that be for a short arm inspection??

I think you are on the right track about square holes in an old sailing ships side to poke the canons out of, i.e. GUN PORT. Whether the origin of 'scuttle' is an American term or not, I do not know. On my very first ship, the THV 'BROOK, I was asked the question, and it stuck in my mind ever since..Fast forward to March 1959 and I was swotting for my E.D.H., and whilst in Milford on leave , I bought a 'bosuns' manual from the old compass adjuster on Milford Dock, and on one of the pages, was a list of nautical terms, and, lo and behold, there was SCUTTLE, commonly mis-named for a port-hole.
Another question raised--where would you find a 'truck' on a vessel
Regards Keith,

Colin.

Masthead, on passenger a ship when asked that question the cadet answered 'it's what we use to take the seagull **** away in' (PSNC Reina del Pacifico)

I could be wrong, but the truck was where the button boy stood at the sea schools when dressing the mast, ie right on the very top of the mast, i stand to be corrected KT

A truck is a nautical term for a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed.^[1] Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting.
Without a masthead truck, water could easily seep into the circular growth rings of a wooden mast. However, the grain in the truck is perpendicular to that of the mast, allowing the water to run off it.

Cheers

what runs from aft. to ford. on the starboard side,

and ford. to aft. on the port side?

Colin---NO! Colin isn't the answer.!

This is a quote taken directley from the MS Load Line Regulations 1988 and you can see that the IMO etc. still call a port hole a side scuttle
In any stage of flooding:

.1 the waterline, taking into account sinkage, heel and rim, should be below the lower edge of any opening through which progressive flooding or downflooding may take place. Such openings should include air pipes and openings which are closed by means of weathertight doors or hatch covers and may exclude those openings closed by means of watertight manhole covers and watertight flush scuttles, small watertight cargo tank hatch covers which maintain the high integrity of the deck, remotely operated watertight sliding doors, and sidescuttles of the non-opening type;

rgds
JA