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| 30 | 49 | One of the dangers of ramming is the View more quotes about possibility">possibility of fixing one's ram in the victim and inadvertently sharing her fate. |
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| 30 | 46 | "Perhaps," he said, looking away. |
| 30 | 47 | "There are no shearing blades, at least as yet," I said. |
| 30 | 48 | Such blades are designed to shear away a galley's oars, thus crippling her, and preparing her for a ramming, usually amidships, which is a blow of considerable force, easily sufficient to rupture and flood the prey vessel, and occasionally sufficient to snap her in two. |
| 30 | 49 | One of the dangers of ramming is the possibility of fixing one's ram in the victim and inadvertently sharing her fate. |
| 30 | 50 | The structure of the ram is designed, naturally, to minimize this eventuality, and to facilitate its withdrawal by back-oaring. |
| 30 | 51 | Indeed, some rams are fitted with a flaring collar that determines the quantity of penetration into the target. |
| 30 | 52 | Still the pressures are such that the ram, even so, is occasionally, dangerously, anchored in the victim. |