Some navies still fit hardpoints and rings for older replenishment methods. These fittings may be deliberate contingencies, although inherited design standards are offered as another possible explanation. Royal Navy rope allowances illustrate how requirements could survive after their original purpose had changed. The example is a debate during HMS Dreadnought's design over carrying enough rope to rig a first-rate ship of Nelson's fleet, long after the sailing age.
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HMS Dreadnought and inherited rope allowances
Old replenishment fittings prompt a comparison with Royal Navy rope allowances that survived into HMS Dreadnought's design.