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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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What do two short horn blast from an approaching boat mean?
4 short blasts are the letter H is morse. On the River Clyde in Scotland a local bye law allows it to be signalled by a vessel going astern from a berth, generally a paddle steamer, indicating that it is going astern, it has difficulty in manoeuvring and warning other vessels to keep clear.
How many people can a navy ship hold?
Depends on what type of ship, and whose navy. An aircraft carrier in the USA navy might have roughly 5000 people on board, while the same type vessel from the UK might have 2300 people on board. A river patrol boat from Brazil carries 7 people, while a similar vessel from Austria carries 2 people.
What is the purpose of collision valve in fire line on ship?
A valve will be fitted so that if part of the fire main is damaged it can be isolated from the supply. That way the rest of the main is still usable and can be used for firefighting.
How much weight can a cargo ship carry?
This entirely depends on the size of the ship. The larger the ship, the more it can carry. Care also has to be given to the design of the ship. If too much weight is stored too high the ship can lose its stability and roll over in a storm.
According with the research I have been doing for a long period of time, the biggest Container Vessel in the World can have a Capacity to carry up to 180.000 tonnes, which means 9000 containers of 20 tonnes each. Francisco.
A foundering ship fails to maintain its upright posture in the sea, takes on water, and sinks.
What is the Superstructure on upper level of a ship used for navigation and accommodation?
The answer is deck house.
What do you call the metal object on the dock where you tie up a boat?
It's usually called a cleat, generally a horn cleat.
How long does it take a cargo ship to travel from long beach to shanghai?
It usually takes over a week. This mostly depends of the make and sometimes age of the ship.
How does an aircraft carrier stop?
Depending on the speed of the ship it could take quite a bit. Even at a slow speed it could take up to a mile or more. You have to remember that if the ship is 1,000 feet long then it is already just under 2/10ths of a mile long itself.
What type of fuel does a cruise ship use?
Fuel oils come in several grades of lightness and purity, ranging from gasoline and aviation fuel all the way to Bunker C oil, which is the thick black residual after all other products have been removed from crude.
Cruise ships burn the heavier grades or bunker oil, depending on whether they're in port or out at sea. (sulfur content and air pollution being the main considerations)
Bunker C oil is still used in some institutions such as hospital boilers, but it must be heated in order to pump it because of its high viscosity. Ships don't burn this, the heaviest residual after the crude has been cracked.
Although none of the cruise lines have converted yet, Princess Lines has placed the first order for CODLAG propulsion which is Combined Diesel, Electric and Gas fired machinery.
Presently, cruise ships use diesel engines and gas turbines to power the electric generators to produce the power to drive the *propulsion motors and to power the hotel side.
*Instead of a shaft driven propeller they use azimuth thrusters. They are electric motor- driven propellers which can be turned to steer the ship sideways, and they eliminate the need for a rudder. Cruise ships can dock without the use of harbor tugs (although the need for tugs isn't completely eliminated) because of the amazing versatility of these moveable electric motor-driven propeller pods.
Environmentalists have called for all new oil tankers to be equipped with bow thrusters (and double hulls) to minimize the possibility of a future event like the devastation of Prince William Sound, caused when The Exxon Valdez piled up on the shoals.
How long does it take to unload a container ship?
A ship will unload and load within 24 hours of arrival. so assuming there are 5000 containers being unloaded by 4 cranes;
One crane will offload 1250 in 12 hours.
So average time for one container will be 34 seconds!
Maybe its not this fast but you get the idea....
What is the rear end of the ship called?
Transom - is the member forming the backend of a boat. The back of a boat is known as the stern. ~Larry Merritt, Coconut Creek, FL (and avid kayaker).
What is the largest aircraft carrier?
The Biggest is USS enterprise(cvn-67) and the most massive is USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) comeing close to 104 000t
If you agree with the arrangement you would sound the same signal, then take the necessary steps to effect a safe passing. If there is any doubt though the danger signal of five short needs to be sounded.
the rudder is mainly behind the propeller and helps turn the ship
