often a seakeeping criterion, as it affects mission capability in a number of ships. Human factor: Often the most critical factors in seakeeping, especially...

production platforms, and heavy lift cranes. They have good ship stability and seakeeping, better than drillships. Offshore drilling in water depth greater than...

The Royal Navy's Victoria class (or Sans Pareil class) of the 1880s was the first class of ironclad warship (sometimes described as a battleship) which...

Some ship model basins have further facilities such as a maneuvering and seakeeping basin and an ice tank. A towing tank is a basin, several metres wide and...

direct and reverse spiral manoeuvres, zig-zag, and lateral thruster use. Seakeeping trials were originally used exclusively for passenger ships, but are now...

are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the seakeeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size...

boats. They were built with a higher freeboard, which gave them better seakeeping capabilities while retaining good maneuverability. After the end of World...

smuggling. Its salient features are high speed in rough seas, with good seakeeping and outstanding manoeuvrability, exceptionally low slamming in all sea...

longer and heavier than their Fremantle-class predecessors, with improved seakeeping ability and increased range, allowing them to reach Australia's offshore...

up to 18 mines. The ships were double-hulled with improved range and seakeeping compared to the UC I type. If judged only by the numbers of enemy vessels...

with catapults and elevators) aimed at improving flight operations and seakeeping. The SCB-125 modifications included Angled flight deck Enclosed hurricane...

the class to be built, having a lengthened hull design giving better seakeeping qualities, greater endurance and an external 'strake' to counter longitudinal...

A preliminary design model undergoing seakeeping tests in a water tank...

During the Second World War, their unsatisfactory reliability and poor seakeeping abilities had them soon relegated to second-line duties in the Baltic...

shortcomings were underpowered machinery, a long diving time and poor seakeeping. Weakness in hull strength had to be remedied by stiffening and weight...

as in a semi-submersible vessel or platform, or a SWATH, to improve seakeeping. Using water in a tank provides easier weight adjustment than the stone...

used but these were later replaced by Armed Merchantmen which had better seakeeping qualities. HMS Gibraltar was the depot ship for the squadron. During the...

Architects – International organisation representing naval architects Seakeeping – Response of a vessel to sea conditions Seaworthiness – Response of a...

form characterized by a wide flaring bow, which significantly improves seakeeping ability and permits high speed in high sea states. The class's design...

shape for withstanding pressure conflicted with the optimal shape for seakeeping and minimal drag at the surface, and construction difficulties further...

HDPE sheets welded together. Similar deep V-hull can be made for good seakeeping. If buoyancy chambers are filled the hull becomes truly unsinkable and...

smaller destroyers built in the 1920s were found to be lacking in speed and seakeeping. The first two classes had top speeds of 28 to 29 knots that were insufficient...

(disambiguation) Saunders, Harold E. (1965). "10: Definitions and nomenclature for Seakeeping". In Taggart, Robert (ed.). Hydrodynamics in ship design. Vol. 3. New...

designed for blue-water trade usually have much deeper hulls for better seakeeping. A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers...

an axis Naval architecture – Engineering discipline of marine vessels Seakeeping – Response of a vessel to sea conditions Stern suction – Tendency of the...

operate one Wessex helicopter. The County class were large ships, with good seakeeping abilities and long range, and were ideal blue-water ships for their time...

secondary battery that increased its usability, a clipper bow that improved seakeeping, and an experimental turbo-electric propulsion system adopted on New Mexico...

coastal duties and whose characteristics include adequate endurance and seakeeping, providing a capability for operations exceeding 48 hours on the high...

over the 81-foot Higgins (PT-6), and with the PT-6 showing such good seakeeping, further purchase of Scott-Paine boats was unnecessary. In early 1941...

could be devoted to protection, without compromising speed, firepower or seakeeping. The bulk of a dreadnought's armour was concentrated around the "armoured...