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What is a paravane?

What is a paravane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
  2. (nautical) A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses.
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A careful study of Fig. 30 will show how this is prevented by the deflecting wires of the paravane.
In some forms of paravane there is a hinged jaw which is operated from the ship to shear the cable.
When the paravane was lost, the progressive heel to starboard would have increased with the downward thrust of the starboard paravane.
The foundering was initiated by the loss of the port roll-dampening paravane.
The vessel's anti-roll paravane booms were stowed in the upright position, and the fuel oil tanks were partially filled.
The starboard paravane boom was broken, and the starboard aft bulwark was buckled.

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