Rattler

Japanese: Rattler
Rattler

…For several decades, paddle ships replaced sailing ships on the high seas until screw ships became common. Paddle ships were eventually replaced by modern screw propellers, but the trigger for this is often cited as a tug-of-war experiment conducted by the Royal Navy in 1845 between the paddle ship Alecto and the screw ship Rattler. Both warships were roughly the same size, about 800 tons and 200 horsepower, and the screw ship Rattler won the experiment, pulling the Alecto at about 5 knots. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Rattler" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…船側外車船のほうはスクリュー船が一般化するまでの数十年間,帆船に代わって外洋で活躍した。外車船はやがて現在のスクリュー式推進器にとって代えられたが,このきっかけとしてよく引合いに出されるのは,1845年イギリス海軍の行った外車船アレクト号Alectoとスクリュー船ラトラー号Rattlerとの綱引実験である。ともに約800トン,200馬力のほぼ同じ大きさの軍艦で,この実験でスクリュー船ラトラー号が勝ち,約5ノットでアレクト号を引いたという。…

※「Rattler」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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