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'''Keelhauling''' is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment punishment] meted out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor sailors] at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel keel], either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). As the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_%28ship%29 hull] was usually covered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle barnacles] and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_%28ocean%29 marine] growth, if the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound cuts], loss of limbs and even decapitation. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drown drowning].

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	'''Keelhauling''' is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment punishment] meted out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor sailors] at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel keel], either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). As the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_%28ship%29 hull] was usually covered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle barnacles] and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_%28ocean%29 marine] growth, if the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound cuts], loss of limbs and even decapitation. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drown drowning].		'''Keelhauling''' is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment punishment] meted out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor sailors] at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel keel], either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). As the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_%28ship%29 hull] was usually covered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle barnacles] and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_%28ocean%29 marine] growth, if the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound cuts], loss of limbs and even decapitation. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drown drowning].