Portenband

Windjammer Kruzenshtern with painted gun ports

The Portenband , also Portenband , describes a brightly contrasting strip along the hull of sailing ships , which is at the level of the port ports . The gun ports are darkly set off from the port tape. Unarmed merchant ships occasionally had a porte band, which is provided with painted darker rectangles, which simulate gun ports and were intended to have a deterrent effect.

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