Selfhost Cat
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

The wrecked sailing ship 'Chance' with a windmill, New Zealand, 1902

lemmy.world

message-square
8
fedilink
4

The wrecked sailing ship 'Chance' with a windmill, New Zealand, 1902

lemmy.world

PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
message-square
8
fedilink
alert-triangle
You must log in or register to comment.
  • sbv@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    I’m having a hard time finding useful sources describing windmills on ships.

    Here’s one that describes how a windmill was used to charge batteries for lighting.

    This one suggests the Chance used it for running the bilges.

  • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    That’s very cool! What’s the windmill for

    • Mayor Poopington@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      If there’s no wind, you can use the windmill to make wind. Windy pushes sails, boat go forward.

      • meyotch@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 months ago

        Windmills do not work that way!

        https://youtu.be/zrTDKcnSH94

  • gibmiser@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    So why didn’t they rescue it

    • 50MYT@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      It’s bluff. Fucking cold down there

    • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      So divers would have a cool site to check out in a few generations

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      It used up its last chance.

HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

historyporn@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

If you would like to become a mod in this community, kindly PM the mod.

Relive the Past in Jaw-Dropping Detail!

HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Engage in constructive discussions.
  4. Share relevant content.
  5. Follow guidelines and moderators’ instructions.
  6. Use appropriate language and tone.
  7. Report violations.
  8. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  9. No genocide or atrocity denialism.

Pictures of old artifacts and museum pieces should go to History Artifacts

Illustrations and paintings should go to History Drawings

Related Communities:

Military Porn

Forgotten Weapons

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 71 users / day
  • 715 users / week
  • 2.13K users / month
  • 5.82K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 6.38K subscribers
  • 357 Posts
  • 1.78K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • PugJesus@lemmy.world
  • PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • sga@lemmings.world
  • BE: 0.19.8
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org