Hello,
I was wondering if anyone can provide information as to what the large hanging structure attached to Titanic's starboard bow is, in the footage of her entering the graving dock in Belfast (the only known moving pictures of the ship on the surface)? Seems to be a large block attached to the starboard forecastle railings, with two chunky appendages hanging down most of the height of the ship's side. Clearly something to do with the fitting out, or perhaps the specific operation of manoeuvring the ship into the dock, but what is it and what was it used for? The first minute or so here:
Thanks!
I was wondering if anyone can provide information as to what the large hanging structure attached to Titanic's starboard bow is, in the footage of her entering the graving dock in Belfast (the only known moving pictures of the ship on the surface)? Seems to be a large block attached to the starboard forecastle railings, with two chunky appendages hanging down most of the height of the ship's side. Clearly something to do with the fitting out, or perhaps the specific operation of manoeuvring the ship into the dock, but what is it and what was it used for? The first minute or so here:
Thanks!