[WWI] Added:A Submarine model at the AWM

[Allan Wright]

I believe the navy has some official line of designation between boat
and ship and it's based on length or tonage. I'll try to look it up.

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 18:01 +0200, Knut Erik Hagen wrote:
> Hei,
> 
> The definition I am used to is:
> A boat can be taken onboard a ship, but not the other way around.
> 
> 
>   Eders
> Knut Erik
> 
> 
> 
> >I used to serve on Daphne class submarines, and later on container liners.
> In teh navy we never referred to subs as ships but either boats or pigs or
> subs. When I was studying to become a deck officer with the merchant navy, I
> was once berated by an 'ancient mariner' who stated categorically that a
> modern container liner isn't a ship; a ship is a type of rig where all the
> masts carried square sails. Then he was probably biased.
> >
> >"Nicklas, Brian" <NicklasB at si.edu> wrote:  A naval history type explained
> to me that when on the ocean they are
> >ships, they being large vessels. Exception being submarines, they are
> >boats.
> >(as in submarines are built by General Dynamics "Electric Boat
> >Division")
> >Also, vessels intended for primary use on the American-Canadian Great
> >Lakes are Boats - ocean vessels (ships) that make their way to the Great
> >Lakes via the St Lawrence Seaway are known to "Lakers" as "salties."
> >No Diego, that's salties, not saltines.
> >I guess there are other rules, but after awhile my eyes glaze over if it
> >isn't airplanes or armor... LOL.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
> >Behalf Of Diego Fernetti
> >Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:28 AM
> >To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:A Submarine model at the AWM
> >
> >(what's a submarine called? boat? ship? vessel?) 
> >D. 
>