Replenishment At Sea - Part 4 (1953)

Part Four - Transfer of liquids - Astern Method. Caption: Five-inch hose fitted with a wire rope jackstay is shown here, instead of the new six-inch hose. The methods, are similar for both types of hose. Single-Hose Rig. Two ships at sea, one astern of the other. The hose is laid out along the side decking of the ship. Diagram showing the hose laid out in ’fleets’ and the positioning of the ’easing out wire’. 2nd Diagram shows the ’hanging off pendant’ and the ’starting out wire’ 3rd Diagram CU of ’Hose-end rig’. 4th Diagram shows the stern of the vessel with the ’hose line’, the ’hanging off pendant’ The ’starting out wire’ and the releasing of the ’marker buoy’. The marker buoy is dropped over board, it is seen “streaming“ in the sea. The floats are streamed followed by the hose-line. The “first fleet“ is prepared on deck and then streamed. We see the starting out wire and capstan and the hose going out over the stern. All stages of controllin