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The wrecked sailing ship 'Chance' with a windmill, New Zealand, 1902 (lemmy.world)
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[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

That’s very cool! What’s the windmill for

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Possibly to power a bilge pump?

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Pushes the ship forward obviously

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I'm having a hard time finding useful sources describing windmills on ships.

Here's one that describes how a windmill was used to charge batteries for lighting.

This one suggests the Chance used it for running the bilges.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

So why didn't they rescue it

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It used up its last chance.

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