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2. Corvus (boarding device) - Wikipedia

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   The corvus (Latin for "crow" or "raven") was a Roman ship mounted boarding ramp or drawbridge for naval boarding, first introduced during the First Punic War in sea battles against Carthage. It could swivel from side to side and was equipped with a beak -like iron hook at the far end of the bridge, from which the name is figuratively derived ...

3. Gangway (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A makeshift gangway provides a safe walkway for workers to board the back deck of the tugboat Samuel de Champlain while docked at a shipyard. The port and starboard gangways of the Duquesne can be seen at the right and left of the ship's boats. The port side is fully careened, while the starboard side shows the inner structure of the woodwork.

4. Naval boarding - Wikipedia

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   Boarding and capture of the Spanish frigate Esmeralda by Chileans in Callao, 1820. Naval boarding is an offensive tactic used in naval warfare to come up against (or alongside) an enemy watercraft and attack by inserting combatants aboard that vessel. The goal of boarding is to invade and overrun the enemy personnel on board in order to capture ...

5. Boarding stairs - Wikipedia

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   Boarding stairs with canopy. Boarding stairs must be robust and stable, capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions. They are designed to adapt to the curved shape of the aircraft fuselage to which they must be attached, and to be able to raise and lower them to adjust the upper platform to the height of the aircraft, allowing passengers get on and off from the ground to the aircraft ...

6. Jet bridge - Wikipedia

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   United Airlines planes lined up at their jet bridges at Denver International Airport in March 2014. A jet bridge (also termed jetway, [1] jetwalk, airgate, jetty, gangway, planeplank, aerobridge/airbridge, finger, skybridge, airtube, expedited suspended passenger entry system (E-SPES), or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge (PBB)) is an enclosed connector which most commonly ...

7. Carvel (boat building) - Wikipedia

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   Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface. Traditionally the planks are neither attached to, nor slotted into, each other, having only a caulking sealant between the planks to keep water out.