What are these weird angled stripes you see on pictures

The paddles dummy

>>34068083
supports for anit-torpedo nets. In that picture they are folded up

>>34068083
Number of whales they rammed. There was a competition back then.

>>34068134
>anti-torpedo nets
the fuck is a net supposed to protect from a torpedo?

>>34068407
use your brain a little bit

these were very early torpedos, the nets were meant to catch and stop them from hitting the ship without it detonating

>>34068134
this

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_net

>>34068161
Kekd

>>34069809
>en.m.wikipedia

fuck off

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>>34068407

Stops it from arming, or if it does blow it's far enough away that it doesn't penetrate.

We still use it today in some form.

>>34068083

Holders for fish nets. Battleships are used to project imperial power and may be out at sea for long periods of time. The added nets allow crew to catch fish to sustain themselves on long deployments.

>>34073958
>Using a Dreadnought to go fishing
Holy fuck that'd be something.