hawser
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thumb|Supply Naval rating|ratings handling a coil of towing hawser (rope) at the [[Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, Harwich, which supplies all of the Royal Navy's sea-going ships with the stores and provisions that they need. Note that the coil is bigger than the men and they need a trolley to transport it.]] thumb|The hawser is coiled on deck. Hawser () is a nautical term for a thick rope used in mooring or towing a ship. A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A hawser is an anchor rope, located on the hawse.
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It sits within the topics Nautical terminology, Sailboat components and Sailing ship components.
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thumb|Supply Naval rating|ratings handling a coil of towing hawser (rope) at the [[Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, Harwich, which supplies all of the Royal Navy's sea-going ships with the stores and provisions that they need. Note that the coil is bigger than the men and they need a trolley to transport it.]] thumb|The hawser is coiled on deck. Hawser () is a nautical term for a thick rope used in mooring or towing a ship. A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A hawser is an anchor rope, located on the hawse.
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