DICTIONARY OF

Line of Battle Ship 203 Liverpool Hook
Line of Battle Ship. Name formerly given to a heavily-armed warship fit to take a place in a
line of battle.
Line of Bearing. Straight line through a ship or drawn on a chart, passing through positions
at which an observed object would have the same bearing, either by compass or relatively.
Line of Collimation. That line, in an optical instrument, that passes through centre of object
glass and cross wires.
Line of No Dip. Alternative name for magnetic equator. 'Aclinic Line.'
Line of Position. Position line. Line, on a chart, drawn through all positions at which ship
may be situated. May be a line of bearing, or arc of a circle of equal altitude.
Line of Soundings. Series of soundings, with course and distances sailed between them, laid
off to scale of chart in an endeavour to ascertain ship's position. 2. Series of soundings made
along a line, and at stated intervals, when surveying.
Liner. Vessel sailing regularly between specified ports. 2. Former name for a line of battle
ship. 3. A line fishing vessel. 4. Packing piece placed between parts to adjust them. 5. Thin
metallic sleeve in a cylinder, which is renewed when worn.
Line Squall. Squall that travels along a line, but has no great breadth-probably a mile or so.
Line -Throwing Appliances. Guns, rockets, and lines used by ships to establish
communication when necessary. Lines are usually 120 fathoms in length; rocket can carry
line 200 yards in calm weather.
Link Block. Metal block at end of slide-valve spindle. Carries slippers in which radius link
moves when reversing engine.
Linking Up. Movement of link reversing gear so that slide-valve cuts off earlier than
normal.
Link Motion. Valve gear for reversing a reciprocating engine, and for regulating cut off of
steam to cylinder. Consists of two rods radial link, and two eccentric sheaves. Invented by
George Stephenson.
Link Worming. Worming of hemp cables with small chain, to reduce chafe.
Lipper. Small sea that rises just above bows or gunwale.
Liquid Compass. Magnetic compass mounted in a bowl filled with a liquid having a very
low freezing point. Weight on pivot is reduced, and card is steadier in lively vessels when in
a seaway.
Liquid Fuel. 'Oil Fuel.'
List. Transverse inclination of a vessel.
Listing. The operation by which a vessel is inclined transversely. 2. Inclining transversely.
Little One Bell. R.N. name for one stroke on ship's bell after changing a night watch. Is a
signal for the watch to muster and be checked.
Littoral. Sea area between a coast and the 100-fathom line.
Liverpool Hook. Hook, in end of cargo runner, having bill of hook curved inward, and a
downward inclined projection above the bill. Inward curving prevents accidental unhooking;
inclined projection prevents hook lifting underside of beam.