A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 311
buoyancy of 1060 tons, as against 870 tonsin the fully laden condition. The vessel is therefore subjected tomuch severer hogging strains when floating light in still waterthan she is when lully equipped. This is by no means an excep-tional condition, and it explains the well-known fact that… … in the Devastation class of the Eoyal Na.vy, a far less simpledistribution of tlie weight and buoyancy is found than thatoccurring in the Minotaur type. Figs. 85 and 86 illustrate thiscase. The spur-bow and full form forward, as well as the absenceof high armoured ends in the Devastation, make the…
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