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Description: | This is a pair of launch triggers. Launch triggers are built into a shipyard slipway. They hold a ship during launch preparations, which may take several days. To launch the ship, the triggers are released by hydraulic or mechanical power, and the vessel slides down the inclined slipway and into the water. If a single pair of triggers is used they are placed as near to amidships as possible. In the case of large and heavy ships two pairs of triggers are installed. In these cases one pair is placed approximately one-sixth of the length of the sliding ways forward of amidships, and the other pair approximately one-sixth abaft amidships.
Material: metal, iron, steel (cast)
Material: wood | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.393709 | Go to resource |
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