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Substantiivi

  1. (nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.
  2. (nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.

Esimerkit

  • I waited until half an hour after Benson had gone on duty, and then I went on deck, passing through the conning-tower where Benson sat, and looking at the compass. It showed that our course was north by west--that is, one point west of north, which was, for our assumed position, about right.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkoconning towers

(nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.

Armoured cylinder of USS Massachusetts (BB-2)'s conning tower during construction c. 1892

(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.

Bridge fairwater of USS Pampanito. The boat's conning tower is more of a "conning tube", as it lies parallel with the main pressure hull. Just over 6 metres (20 ft) long, with a diameter of roughly twice the distance between the weather deck and the bottom of the number "383".

(nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.

Queen Elizabeth-class battleship armour layout, with conning tower having the same heavy 11 inches (28 cm) armour as the gun turrets while the bridge is unarmoured