Finnet

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Close-up (upper third of the image) of the fin nets of the HMS Victory . The inner and outer structure of the network with a kind of gap can be seen clearly
Right half of the picture: Finnet of the USS Constitution

A Finknetz (also Schanznet ) is a net made of traditional tarred lines on a historical sailing (war) ship, which is often attached to a rope, the so-called control ladder, on the bulwark . This rope is often pulled through the regulating posts , which have an eyelet at the top, thus keeping the finnet taut from above. The finnet consists of an inner and an outer part. In earlier times, the hammocks were stored between the two power supply units in good weather for ventilation. In the battle, the hammocks were then rolled up and stuffed into the space between the two finnet parts, thus filling a kind of parapet. This offered a relative protection against stray fire from the Marshals and was also a splinter protection. Often a canvas was stretched over the fin netting so that a privacy screen function was also provided.

In other sources, a box above the bulwark in which hammocks are stored is also referred to as a fink net. This box was often made of wood. However, if it was hit by a cannonball during enemy fire, it splintered and could pose a considerable risk of injury for its own team, so that the line net variant or a box made of "sheet iron" was preferred.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Victory hardly consists of original parts, so the fin nets shown here are also replicas
  2. ↑ We have received Stockholm tar diluted with linseed oil
  3. ↑ also rulingsleier , both after Bobrik
  4. ^ To Munich Wednesday and Sunday newspaper
  5. ^ To Bobrik, to Munich Wednesday and Sunday papers
  6. ↑ after Bobrik
  7. ^ To Munich Wednesday and Sunday newspaper
  8. ↑ so cited in Brockhaus
  9. ↑ according to the archive for sea creatures

swell

  • Pierer's Universal Lexikon, 4th edition 1857–1865, Altenburg
  • Brockhaus Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, Fifth Edition, 1911, Leipzig
  • Munich Wednesday and Sunday newspaper for the educated and educable farmer in Bavaria and in Germany in general, 1st volume, p. 249, 1807, Munich.
  • Eduard Bobrik: General nautical dictionary with factual explanations, S 560., 1850, Leipzig
  • Johannes Ziegler: The archive for marine life, Volume 2, S 237 ff., 1866, Vienna and Trieste