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I’m having a hard time finding useful sources describing windmills on ships.
Here’s one that describes how a windmill was used to charge batteries for lighting.
This one suggests the Chance used it for running the bilges.
Given the era a pump seems more plausible than a generator.
Lanterns would be so reliable and manageable, while electric lights so unreliable and poorly understood.
So why didn’t they rescue it
It used up its last chance.
So divers would have a cool site to check out in a few generations
It’s bluff. Fucking cold down there
