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What does the HMS stand for in HMS krabs?

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Maggot 21 Apr 2005
what it says on the tin.

What does the HMS stand for in HMS krabs?
 sutty 21 Apr 2005
In reply to Maggot:

Huge Metal Snaplink.

It does have other meanings as well that you may find if you do a search.
 Paddy Duncan 21 Apr 2005
In reply to Maggot: Halbmastwurfsicherung
violentViolet 21 Apr 2005
In reply to Maggot:

HalbMastwurfSicherung, with "Halbmastwurf" being the German name for the Munter's Hitch, "Sicherung" meaning "belay"
 Liam M 21 Apr 2005
In reply to Paddy Duncan: Halbmastwurfsicherung. Apparently its related to the German term for a Italian hitch.
 sutty 22 Apr 2005
In reply to Liam M:

come on Liam, why mix up german and italian?

Put italian hitch in babelfish and get it translated to german and I doubt it will come up with your definition.

=italienische Anhängevorrichtung
 Liam M 22 Apr 2005
In reply to sutty: I was only quoting from a website I found. and I thought the Italian and Munter hitch were just different names for the same knot?
Simon Wilson 22 Apr 2005
In reply to Liam M:

it means 'half secure knot' in literal translation (i.e. an italian hitch)
 sutty 22 Apr 2005
In reply to Liam M: This question gets asked every three months at least, so we make up daft names for new posters.
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