Bet you didn't know that!

[Col]

Bet you didn\'t know that!

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/traditions/html/navyterm.html

Have a look at this, gives origins of nautical terms (ie) "between the devil and the deep"

 

[trev]

Re: Bet you didn\'t know that!

Careful!!
These are American ideas - basically correct but occassionally flawed.
'Overhead' ? Should be deckhead !!
No such thing as a 'Port Hole' on a British ship - it's either a scuttle (commonly miss-called a porthole) or just a plain port (opening).

Trev