| 31. | In their early years of service both the ferries carried rope fenders to protect the strakes.
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| 32. | Her 5-inch upper armour strake would have been removed and her deck armour reinforced.
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| 33. | In February 2008 the Strake Jesuit.
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| 34. | The " L " also introduced a longer dorsal strake that reached to the rear window.
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| 35. | The strakes then meet the stem flush, which is also referred to as being hooded.
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| 36. | The rear of the hull is also slightly narrower and has deeper strakes for improved tracking.
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| 37. | Above the belt was a strake of nickel-steel armour closed off by transverse bulkheads.
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| 38. | Above the belt was a strake of
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| 39. | They were followed in 2002 by Te Strake Textile in the Netherlands and Lhenry in France.
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| 40. | Movable flaps at the ends of the strakes effectively made it a three-surface design.
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