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A ship's speed is measured in 'knots', or nautical miles per hour. One nautical mile is the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, or 1/21600 of the length of the equator, which is 6,076 feet.
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What does BHP means on the ship?
BHP on a ship is a U.S. thermal unit of measurement, and stands for "Boiler Horsepower". One BHP unit is equivalent to 33,475 BTU (British Thermal Units).
What instrument did Columbus use to calculate the speed his ship was travelling?
what is the instrument used by Christopher Columbus use to measure speed
Who goes in first in combat army or marines?
Typically, it is the Marines. Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) are aboard naval ships throughout the world always on standby should they be needed at a moments notice. There is no "first" in as many would have you believe. It depends on the mission and need. I would say Special Operation forces are probably the first in anywhere, be it Navy Seals or Green Berets. As for the whole MEU statement a ship cannot travel faster than a plane and Airborne units can deploy pretty much anywhere in the world faster than any ship bound forces.
Does UPS Ship to the West indies?
The correct, straight forward answer would be no they do not. You would most likely have to call a freight carrier for information, since it would have to ship out of port.
Why did chrstopher Columbus sail to shore in a rowboat and not his large ship?
The ship would have gotten stuck in the sand. The water wasn't deep enough for the large ship.
How would you describe Juan Ponce de Leon's crew and transportation?
I would describe them as loyal and the transportation was a ship.
How long would it take a ship to travel 4318 miles?
It depends on the speed of the ship.
What is the speed of ship?
design speed
What is the best ship to build on astro knights?
the best ship to make is the type you want i would rather have shield rater than speed
How long would it take to get to Antarctica from Maryland by ship?
Your answer depends on where on the Antarctic continent you want to go -- it covers 10% of the earth's surface, and the speed of your ship.
How to measure ship speed?
In knots.
How long it take to travel around the world by ship?
At what speed is your ship travelling?
If warp speed is possible how would you keep the people from hitting the walls of the ship?
As warp drive is a technology from a science fiction, I guess you could say you would use their technology too to stop people hitting the wall. So you would you "interntial dampeners" which would lessen the effect of inertia on the crew... they would accelerate at the same speed as the space ship no matter how sudden the acceleration is.
If you were to set up a ship travelling at 80 percent the speed of light if you stayed on the ship for 1 year how many years would pass on earth?
Time slows down by a factor of 1 / square root of 1- (v2 / c2), where v is the velocity (or speed) of the object, and c is the speed of light.
Can you give an adjective to describe the ocean liner?
ship
How ship speed is transmitted to remote display?
Ship speed is transmitted to remote display by feeding outputs from the speed log to various navigation devices as well as shipboard computer system.
Can a light year ship be invented?
Do you mean a light SPEED ship? Ignoring the possiblity of "warp" technology, which, though potentially faster than light, does not really address the problem of achieving light speed, but circumvents it: As speed increases, so does mass. The increase in mass is imperceptible at the speeds you and I commonly travel, and even at the enormous speeds (but still nowhere near light-speed) achieved by the space shuttle. However, at speeds near light speed, mass increases assymptotically. At light speed, mass is, in fact, infinite. If a ship was attempting to attain light speed, its mass would increase more and more with each additional unit of speed. As it gets closer to light speed, the mass would be so great that no amount of thrust would be able to get it TO light-speed. The mathematical proof of this is somewhat more complicated, but take my word for it - it's impossible.
