On 12Oct2019 0520, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The CT Gazelle is built on a 300 ton hull that per CT Supplement 7
> pages 30 and 34 the 20 ton armed gig is "slung beneath the ship, with
> interlocking hatches provided" and " A reception passage (9) allows
> access to the ship's gig, which is carried in brackets on the ventral
> surface."
>
> This suggests that the gig is carried externally versus internally,
> if this is the case would the hull starts out as 320 tons since the
> drop tanks add 100 tons?

I'm guessing that though the fluff has it external, the gig's tonnage is
counted into the Gazelle's 300/400 DTon displacement. I've always
envisaged it as being in a recess in the hull for better streamlining,
custom shaped for the gig, so other small craft don't fit.

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