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Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel , either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ...
Operation Keelhaul was a forced repatriation of Soviet citizens and members of the Soviet Army in the West to the Soviet Union (although it often included former soldiers of the Russian Empire or Russian Republic, who did not have Soviet citizenship) after World War II.
But Sablin was unaware that at that moment the Central Rada in Kyiv was already history. Ukraine had a navy for five months. From October 1917 till March 1918 the following came to be at the disposal of the Ukrainians: nine battleships , seven cruisers , 18 destroyers , 14 submarines , 16 patrol ships and avisos, 11 military transports and ...
The history of Ukraine spans thousands of years, rooted in the Pontic steppe, a region central to the spread of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and domestication of the horse. In antiquity, the area was part of Scythia and later inhabited by Goths, Huns, and Slavic tribes.
Keelhauling, a form of corporal punishment used against sailors; Operation Keelhaul, the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war after World War II; Keelhaul (band), American band from Ohio; Keel-Haul (G.I. Joe), a character in the fictional G.I. Joe universe
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In 2006 in Ukraine shipbuilding companies produced products worth ₴2,303 million. The volume of manufactured products increased by 11% compared to 2005. In 2007, 42 vehicles were ordered in the amount of 248 million dollars. Between 2000 and 2006 there have been positive trends in shipbuilding of Ukraine.
One of the boats on a recent episode of deadliest catch used the term keelhauling for attaching a weight and dragging it on the bottom of the boat to recover a line attached to a propeller. Someone more knowledgeable in nautical practice may want to add a better description of this here.