The scuttle is a hatchway between decks of a ship - when you scuttle a ship you deliberately allow it to fill with water and sink by opening these hatches (or by making hatches yourself with an axe).
HMSmeans her majesty's ship.
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Where & when the keel was laid down; meaning when they started building the bottom of the ship (the keel is the bottom of the ship). Like a person's spine and ribs, a ship is the same way, only made of metal instead of bone.
The Battle of Jutland in 1916 was the only major conflict of WW1: at best it was a minor victory for the Germans, or a draw. The Scuttling of the German Navy at the end of WW1 speaks volumes.
Gross Tonnage (GT) refers to the volume of all ship's enclosed spaces (from keel to funnel) measured to the outside of the hull framing. Net tonnage (NT) is based on a calculation of the volume of all cargo spaces of the ship. It indicates a vessel's earning space and is a function of the moulded volume of all cargo spaces of the ship.
That is where the crew sinks their own ship. It was done to prevent the ship from falling into enemy hands.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
To scuttle a ship is to deliberately allow entry of water for the purpose of sinking it.
It means to open valves to let sea water fill the ship, then to leave the ship to sink. In wartime, often done rather than let the enemy have the ship.
You probably are thinking of the word "scuttling" here. To scuttle a ship is to open holes in the hull and let in the water. It means to sink your own ship on purpose.
Scuttling is a verb which means moving quickly with short steps. It can be used in the following possible sentences:When the tide comes in, all the crabs start scuttling towards the rocks.The abandoned house is collapsing, and all the rats are scuttling away.It's started raining and you can see all the kids from the playground scuttling to get inside.
Scuttling of SMS Cormoran happened on 1917-04-07.
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow happened on 1919-06-21.
Shuttling rhymes with sculttling.
The sinking of the Maine, in Havana Harbor, was thought (by many scholars now) to be due to scuttling of the ship (rather than an attack by the Spanish), in order that the US could "legally" declare war on Spain.
Do you mean the "ship's store"?