COMBATTING THE BARNACLE
That tiny animal, the ■ has for many years been the enfemy ■ of every shipion the sea. Barnacles H on a 10,000-ton vessel may weigji ■ as much as thirty tons aflid reduce H the speed by per cent % making ■ it a likelier prey to submarines in wartime. Barnacles may also cause svich. vibrations that the automatic fire- ■ control instruments on vessels become useless-. A new product keeps the antifouling paints loose, from ■ the body of the ship, making it near- H ly impossible, for the tiny shellfish. to fasten themselves tightly to the ■ metal.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 39, 12 January 1945, Page 4
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96COMBATTING THE BARNACLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 39, 12 January 1945, Page 4
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