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Large Ships
A ship is commonly defined as having a bow (front) and stern (back), and is built for ocean travel for the purpose of commercial or military transport. Ocean liners, container ships, and destroyers are classified as ships.
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How many days or weeks does it take a cargo ship to travel from Spain to US of American?
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anywhere from a day to a thousand years
Is Queen Mary boat haunted?
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no its shadows i was on it and i saw one my self and it was someone walking by
What is the stern tube of a ship?
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It is a tunnel-like opening at the vessel's stern, through which the propeller or tail shaft passes, in order to connect the propeller to the engine.
Were did the Titanic sail from?
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The titanic started out at Southampton and only sailed for 5 days until it sank
How do you get a sunken ship to the top again?
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More than one technique has been used, to raise sunken ships. You can position another ship above the sunken ship and then simply attach a cable (or several cables) and winch it up. You can also attach large balloons to the ship and then inflate them from cans of compressed gas, and float the ship up. Sometimes divers remove pieces of a ship and carry the pieces away by hand; the ship can be reassembled (if that's what they want to do) from the pieces, in a ship yard.
What do you call a convoy of ships?
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An armada . Another answer: A group of ships together for protection is called a convoy. An armada is specific to armed war ships preparing to attack.
What are the various sizes of containers for ships?
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It depends on the size of the ship. The largest container ship, Emma Maersk, can carry up to 15,000 TEUs (TEUs equal to 20' container).
What was the name of a merchant ship called?
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It depends on their purpose. Some are Tankers, they hold liquid cargo. Some are Container ships, they hold cargo that is already in steel contaners that can also be transported by rail or truck. RO-RO is a ship that is designed with a large ramp that can be lowered so that the cargo ( things that are drivable ) can be driven on and off the vessel. Bulk Cargo ships carry grain or other granular materials that can be dumped into large holds.
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How long does it take a cargo ship to travel from US to Africa?
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it depend on the speed of the vessel,wether the ship is loaded or in ballast condition and the weather she is having durning the voyage and it is variable depending upon the type of the ships
Are clipper ships were built for speed?
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they were faster since they were light and not heavy then the old ones
What is a collection of ship called?
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A collection or group of ships is called a fleet. There are more specific terms for a group of ships. A substantial group of warships is called a naval fleet while a group of small ships is called a flotilla.
Why did people not want to get into life boats in the Titanic?
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Titanic was equipped with only 20 lifeboats. She had 14 regular lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people each, 2 emergency lifeboats (Boats 1 and 2, which were stowed in the swung-out position) with a capacity of 40 each, and 4 Englehardt collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 each. The collapsibles had wooden hulls, but with canvas sides that could be cranked up when needed. Collapsibles C and D were stowed inboard of Boats 1 and 2 at the very forward part of the Boat Deck and Collapsibles A and B were stowed upside down on the roof of the Officers' Quarters on either side of #1 funnel.
There were 2228 passengers on the Titanic. Probably life boats were not made because people believed the ship was unsinkable and also because they wanted to make as much money as possible, so whoever could pay was cramped into the steerage.
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There were 2,227 people on board, but the total capacity of the 16 lifeboats and 4 collapsible boats was 1,178 people, which was only sufficient for 52% of the passengers.
There was a lack of lifeboats because of:
- Outdated maritime safety regulations : British Board of Trade laws stated that ships weighing more than 10,000 tons must carry at least 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 5,500 cubic feet - These regulations were based on the world's then-largest ship in 1890s.
- The total lifeboats of a ship were determined by the volume of the ship, i.e. the ship's GRT (Gross Registered Tons) and not by the total number of passengers and crew the ship could carry.
- the White Star Line's wish to leave the decks unobstructed so that the passengers could have better views,
- the White Star Line's wish to give the ship more aesthetics from an exterior view (for another example, the Titanic had 4 funnels, but the fourth funnel was a dummy which was added because "it made the ship look better.")
- the belief that in an emergency, Titanic's design would enable her to stay afloat long enough for her passengers and crew to be transferred safely to a rescue vessel.
- Never anticipating that everyone would have to be evacuated rapidly at the same time.
How fast is an ocean liner?
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Speed is no longer a design criteria for cruise ships.
Why are shipments called cargo on a ship?
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Something sent by car is called a shipment while that sent by ship is a cargo simply because of the different transportation channels, road and water.
Name of the twin ship of the titanic?
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The Olympic and Britannic formed the 'Olympic Class' which included the Titanic.
What is a ships staircase called?
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Ladder: On shipboard, all stairs are called "ladders," except for literal staircases aboard passenger liners. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. From the Anglo-Saxon hiaeder, meaning ladder.
[Source: http://www.desertanchor.com/glossary.htm]
How long does it take a cargo ship to travel from UK to the US?
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It takes a cargo ship approximately 8 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes to travel from Shanghai, China to Felixstowe, England. The trip covers 5,659 miles.
Where is the helm on a ship?
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The helm is a ship's steering mechanism. So it can be anywhere depending on the type of ship. Usually it will be in the Bridge.
Why are containers moved from ship to ship?
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They do this for the same reason passenger take two or more planes to reach their final destination. Large ships carrying 4200+ containers transport them across large distances, such as oceans. It is not efficient for them to make many stops for each shipment of containers. The containers are offloaded at large ports and are loaded on smaller feeder ships, carrying around 1000 containers which travel to the final destinations.
How much does it cost to run a cruise ship?
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Anywere from about 10 million dollars for a smaller 200 footer to a couple billion for one that is over 1,000 feet long.
