It could be propelled with either sails or oars and was both smaller and more manoeuvrable than most sailing warships which made it suitable for operations in shallow, confined waters.
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Both the Italians and Austro-Hungarians adopted a cautious fleet policy in the confined waters of the Adriatic Sea, and so the four " Regina Elena "-class battleships did not see action.
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The term premelting is used to describe the reduction in the melting temperature ( below 0 �C ) which results from the surface curvature of porous media confining water ( the Gibbs-Thomson effect ).
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He has characterised the structure of water under extreme conditions as found miles down at the bottom of the ocean and in heavily confined water such as occurs in nanoscopic mineral cavities.
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The Austro-Hungarian Navy adopted a similar organization for the confined waters of the Adriatic Sea, with flotillas of torpedo boats grouped with torpedo cruisers, which were intended to defeat enemy battleships attacking the Austro-Hungarian coast.
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*A lake created in a dry river bed, Tempe Town Lake : " using inflatable rubber barriers in the riverbed to confine water within its boundaries " .-- JWSchmidt 01 : 27, 26 June 2006 ( UTC)
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It said shipmasters should exercise extreme caution when traveling through strategic choke points such as the Strait of Hormuz or Bab-el-Mandeb, or sailing in traditional high-threat areas such as along the Horn of Africa and other confined waters.
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In the more usual, commercial vessel, the rig has the advantage of freeing the cargo hatch of obstructions such as the boom but its overriding advantage is met in manoeuvring in very confined waters such as a crowded dock or canal.
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Their success is all the more notable when the difficulties of navigating and fighting in such confined waters are considered, and given the courage and tenacity which the Thai sailors exhibited during the action, a fact the French acknowledged in a Saigon radio broadcast.
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The final programme started in 1994 as the two navies of Germany and Italy began working together to design a new conventional submarine, respectively to operate in the shallow and confined waters of the Baltic Sea and in the deeper waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
