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For the early European coastal craft, see Hulk (medieval ship
type). Not to be confused with scow or barge. A hulk moored in
Toulon harbour.    More recently, ships have been hulked when
they become obsolete or when they become uneconomical to
operate.  Sheer hulk[edit]  Sheer hulk at Sheerness Dockyard
positioned to make a lift  A sheer hulk (or shear hulk) was used
in shipbuilding and repair as a floating crane in the days of
sailing ships, primarily to place the lower masts of a ship
under construction or repair. Booms known as sheers were
attached to the base of a hulk's lower masts or beam, supported
from the top of those masts. Blocks & tackle were then used in
such tasks as placing or removing the lower masts of vessel
under construction or repair.  These lower masts were the
largest and most massive single timbers aboard a ship, and
erecting them without the assistance of either a she