A Manual of Naval Architecture for the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy Office
A Manual of Naval Architecture for the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy Office
W H William Henry White
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Ins. Feet. Ft. Ins. Tons. 1 Sailing frigate, load condition . i;si-o 40-7 17-4 6-2 10-9 1055 2 Sailing frigate, light condition. 9 » ; y 160 41 12-1 887 3 fSailing frigate, load condition, "! \ ports shut j 141-0 38-8 16-7 4-5 10-6 1075 4 fSailing frigate, load condition, i \ ports open j ? S ? ? 5 ) y i 5 5 9 9 5 Sailing brig, load condition 100-6 32-4 14-01 5-9 4-3i 483 6 Sailing merchantman . 222-0 35-4 16-9 30 5-3 2030 7 ^Sailing merchantman, homo-'l \ geneous cargo, and no ballast/ 1-3 > 5... ) 5 9 9 5 ? 9 9 8 Sailing merchantman . 273-0 43-1 19-10 3-5 5-8 3980 9 Sailing merchantman . 2-5 10 Small sailing merchantman 148*0 26-9 ' > 3-5 3 9 9 9 787 11 Yacht 81-3 20-6 9-5 4-0 2-11 128 12 Yacht 85-9 19-3 101 3-7 31 150 13 Yacht 100-0 16-7 9-4 3-3 3-10 158 14 ("Yacht (with auxiliary steam"! \ power) Sunbeam . . . . / 154-9 27-1 13-0 3-45 4-4 576 In this connection it may be interesting to revert to the case of a ship which is unstable when upright, but yet has a considerable range of stability.
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