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A rhino ferry is a barge constructed from several pontoons which are connected and equipped with outboard engines, used to transport heavy equipment and people. Rhino ferries were used extensively during the Normandy landings [ 1 ] and other theaters (Attu, Africa, Sicily , Italy ); their low draft was well-suited for shallow beaches, and they ...
Rhino ferry F-100 and a Rhino tug reported on 4 June 1944, and were secured by a stern cable to LST-21 to be towed to Normandy. On 5 June, she got underway at 16:18 in company with LST Group 33, Group 51 of Division 101 and ten craft of the Coast Guard's Rescue Flotilla One and escorts and proceeded to the Normandy coast of France near Le Hamel ...
Wheel loader 51 delivered between 2010 and 2012 (of which 42 in 2011) [146] JCB 1CX United Kingdom: Wheel loader 100 [143] JCB 3CX United Kingdom: Wheel loader JCB 426 United Kingdom: Wheel loader Backhoe loaders Komatsu WB97S South Korea: Backhoe loader [147] Supplied in collaboration with Sertech Srl VF Venieri VF10.33 Avio Italy: Backhoe ...
Shiploader for iron ore in Western Australia. A shiploader is a large machine used for continuously loading bulk solid materials such as iron ore, coal, fertilizers, grains and/or material in bags onto ships or barges.
A M.A.S.K. packing crate that opened to reveal an aerial attack vehicle. The toy came with a Matt Trakker figure and the Lasertron mask (a redress of the Ultraflash mask from Rhino). Ratfang: Raynet: A V.E.N.O.M. truck with limited transforming capabilities, its exhausts swung out to form side cannons.
The topsides on a boat, ship, watercraft, or floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, is that part of the hull between the waterline and the deck. [1] It includes the visible parts of the bow, stern, sheer, and, if present, tumblehome.
The 5" gun mounts were used on the service's 378' cutters. In 1971, the yard completed construction of a prototype 41' utility boat (UTB) which had an aluminum hull and fiberglass superstructure. The yard-built boat was adopted and from 1973 through the early-1980s, the yard constructed 207 41' UTB's.
On a keelboat, "outrigger" refers to a variety of structures by which the running rigging (such as a sheet) may be attached outboard (outside the lateral limits) of the boat's hull. The Racing Rules of Sailing generally prohibit [ 3 ] such outriggers, though they are explicitly permitted on specific classes, such as the IMOCA Open 60 [ 4 ] used ...