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Crow's nest means Alternative form of crow's nest..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of crow's nest..
Foc’sle-head and forward deck lay engulfed to the fore-hatch. Crowsnests and rigging were crowded with human forms awaiting the end.
Binoculars from the crowsnests and bridges / Of all the ships, escort and convoy, swept / The horizon: dots turned into lines, the lines / To hulls and decks and guns and turrets—five / British destroyers making thirty knots.
At sea it can be seen through telescopes on all the crowsnests and lookout towers.
hms Duncan had crowsnests and a slightly different shaped bridge which included provision for a radar cabin.
This shipwrighting part went surprisingly well. We simply sawed an old 16 ft rowing boat into three, threw the middle bit away, strapped the front and back together again and added masts, rope ladders, scuppers, cannons, crowsnests and some bilge rats.
Gun shots began to fill the air, as our men began to fire from the crowsnests and shrouds.
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Crow's nest means Alternative form of crow's nest..
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Foc’sle-head and forward deck lay engulfed to the fore-hatch. Crowsnests and rigging were crowded with human forms awaiting the end.
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