To keep enemy ships away. They are used as a defensive mechanism.
using water cannons and ramming greenpeace ships
cannons and boats
There are many places whaler boats can be found in Boston. Generally they are found in the West district, on the North side of where the water is, as it is a more popular whaling spot.
One can rent a Grady White by going to the Cannons website. Once on the Cannons website one can view the Boats for Sale section of the website and find boats to rent.
cannons and boats
Queequeg was a harpooner on the whaling ship. His job involved using a harpoon to hunt and kill whales from the ship's small boats.
Only about 20 Whaling vessels are still used today (Not including small fisherman boats which is used like in Faroe Islands. Nearly half is Japanese Whaling ships.
well, if you are wealthy you can chase whaling boats away like on ''whale wars'' or their are many organazations you can donate time/money to stop whale hunting.
Yes, it was possible. They not only existed, but he had cannon on his ship.
The Japanese government has allowed their whaling boats to carry weapons and use them if necessary.
German u-boats attacked the ships by going up to them and shooting cannons at them and then the ships would fall deep under the sea.
It isn't. Whaling in Japan exists purely for selfish reasons, such as luxury whale meat in top restaurants. Whaling is illegal by international law. So Japan are breaking the law. Iceland is also a whaling country. When Iceland made an application to join the European Union, they were rejected, purely because they allow whaling and Europe doesn't want to be associated with such illegal activity. Dozens of species of whales are on the brink of extinction because of whalers. There are many organisations trying to protect whales from Japanese whalers, such as Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace - who often attack Japanese whaling ships with smoke bombs, paint grenades and water cannons. The government of Chile even threatened to sink the Japanese whaling ships if they came near Chilean waters.