Why don't (some) ships capsize?
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Bonfirelight
Crocodile
keel?
Dhimmi
Half Man Half HobNob
Well about a third of the hull is below water, and that's where all the heavy bits are like engines, boilers, fuel and ammunition. Plus there's ballast down there.
The top third of the hull is hangars, with plenty of empty space and planes which are light compared to engines.
The top third of the hull is hangars, with plenty of empty space and planes which are light compared to engines.
look you boobs...if the weight of the water that is displaced by the hull is greater than the weight of the entire ship then it will float. Water is very heavy.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
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butchersapron
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Forward movement? Might look very different at rest?
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
I want to know who was shelling it at the time, notice the splash just above and to the right of the ship?longdog said:I was looking at this picture and wondering how the fuck the thing manages to stay upright?
It must be 90% above water, pointy at the bottom and very top heavy.
Why doesn't it fall over?
Bob_the_lost
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Careless of them...laptop said:
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
it looks a bit rusty. you'd think with it being the ark royal and with kanda's dad just sitting about he could have got the paint roller out. perhaps a mural of her maj with a bazooka or something.
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Beer & whisky please
longdog said:I was looking at this picture and wondering how the fuck the thing manages to stay upright?
It must be 90% above water, pointy at the bottom and very top heavy.
Why doesn't it fall over?
its majic aint it, there are in the ship, em seamen, thinking "fuck me i hope it dont sink cus i will fecking get wet" its the power of dont sink.
its the same way of how a plane flys, will power, its majical aint it govner
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Of course some ships don't - Bad design & loading has created ships that might be OK in the calm or a light swell but become unwieldy & even dangerously unstable in bad weather etc. Hence the retro-fitting of sponsons (big bouyancy tanks along the sides) to ferries & so many other ships in the years after Zebrugge.
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Beer & whisky please
pogofish said:
i thought zebrugge sank because they left the bow doors open, allowing water to enter, making it role more violently and that eventualy caused it to capsize.
Leaving port with the bow doors part-open was a time-saving measure that Townsend Thoresen used to use on the Zeebrugge run - which came back to bite them on the arse with the Herald of Free Enterprise. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that Roll on-Roll off ferries need to have open decks with no subdivisions, meaning that once a large amount of water gets in it can slosh aorund and affect the ship's stability. Result:
It was in fact the worst peacetime accident to a British ship since the Titanic.
There've been other nasty accidents with Ro-Ros, mainly due to doors coming adrift in bad weather, but none as easily attributable to sheer negligence as Herald of Free Enterprise.
It was in fact the worst peacetime accident to a British ship since the Titanic.
There've been other nasty accidents with Ro-Ros, mainly due to doors coming adrift in bad weather, but none as easily attributable to sheer negligence as Herald of Free Enterprise.
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