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Improvements in submarine mines and the like. Vladimir Yourkevitch Sep, 13 1937: GB 471919-A (1 citation)
471,919. Submarine mines. YOURKEVITCH, V. March 13, 1936, No. 7609. Convention date, March 13, 1935. [Class 9 (ii)] Relates to submarine mines of the kind in which the mooring cable is wound or unwound from a drum under the control of a hydrostat to maintain the mine at a given depth, the winding...
3Improvements in the form of ships' hulls. Vladimir Yourkevitch Sep, 3 1931: GB 355981-A (1 citation)
355,981. Ships' hulls. YOURKEVITCH, V., 45, Rue Brancion, Paris. Sept. 22, 1930, No. 28279. [Class 113 (ii).] Ships' hulls are constructed with the fore part of the ship about the waterline narrowed down at what is termed the point of application of the forward push of the water the position of the...
4Improvements in and relating to ship construction of reinforced material. Vladimir Yourkevitch Sep, 29 1944: GB 564485-A
564,485. Reinforced concrete &c. ships. YOURKEVITCH, V. Feb. 10, 1943, No. 2243. Convention date, April 15, 1942. [Class 113 (ii)] A ship's hull made of reinforced material, such as concrete or plastic, comprises bow and stern sections 12, 13 connected by a number of substantially tangential...
5Improvements in and relating to ships' sterns. Vladimir Yourkevitch Mar, 30 1937: GB 463377-A
463,377. Ships' sterns. YOURKEVITCH, V. Aug. 4, 1936, No. 21458. Convention date, Aug. 2, 1935. [Class 113 (ii)] A ship's hull with an overhanging or cruiser stern is framed in the neighbourhood of the stern to provide a bulbous keel section, as shown by the lines 1 ... 5, this keel portion being...
6Improvements in the form of ships' hulls. Vladimir Yourkevitch Mar, 30 1933: GB 390017-A
390,017. Ships' form. YOURKEVITCH, V., 154, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. May 20, 1932, No. 14400. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, May 22, 1932]. [Class 113 (ii).] The hulls of ships already constructed are given a form approximating to that described in...
[ 09-25-2013: Message edited by: desirod7 ]
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(I put "Iroquois" into the search engine of the forum to dig up that old one since I remember that thread like if it was yesterday).
[ 10-02-2013: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]
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