Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 55 | If the View more quotes about enemy">enemy ship takes in more water than she can expel the ram has done its work. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 52 | Still the pressures are such that the ram, even so, is occasionally, dangerously, anchored in the victim. |
| 30 | 53 | Some captains reduce the ramming speed at the last moment to minimize this form of engagement. |
| 30 | 54 | It is not necessary for the ram to shatter the opposing vessel to guarantee its destruction. |
| 30 | 55 | If the enemy ship takes in more water than she can expel the ram has done its work. |
| 30 | 56 | Shearing blades, incidentally, had been an invention of Tersites, many years ago. |
| 30 | 57 | They had soon become common on all long ships, even those of Cos and Tyros. |
| 30 | 58 | "The ship is too massive for them to be effective," he said. |
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Still the pressures are such that the ram, even so, is occasionally, dangerously, anchored in the victim.
Some captains reduce the ramming speed at the last moment to minimize this form of engagement.
It is not necessary for the ram to shatter the opposing vessel to guarantee its destruction.
If the enemy ship takes in more water than she can expel the ram has done its work.
Shearing blades, incidentally, had been an invention of Tersites, many years ago.
They had soon become common on all long ships, even those of Cos and Tyros.
"The ship is too massive for them to be effective," he said.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)