KLA2 wrote:A ton and a half. One of three!
Plus 40 cannons ... how did that ship stay afloat?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/27/north. ... tml?hpt=C1
I cannot easily find the specific stats, but I think ships of the day were 50 feet long, or so ... made largely of heavy wood like oak ...
Mactep wrote:KLA2 wrote:A ton and a half. One of three!
Plus 40 cannons ... how did that ship stay afloat?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/27/north. ... tml?hpt=C1
I cannot easily find the specific stats, but I think ships of the day were 50 feet long, or so ... made largely of heavy wood like oak ...
How much does the cannon weigh?
Assuming I'm doing this right, the density of iron is a bit over seven times the density of water. Taking the density of air to be close to zero, seems like a canon should take about seven times its volume to be empty (not counting the bored out part) in order not to contribute to the non-buoyancy of the ship.
Does that seem right?
KLA2 wrote:But the hardwood of the ship itself, crew. cargo, plus supporting all the masts and superstructure ABOVE the waterline ...
Mactep wrote:KLA2 wrote:But the hardwood of the ship itself, crew. cargo, plus supporting all the masts and superstructure ABOVE the waterline ...
Yea, I don't know how much that stuff weighs.
Does hardwood sink?
KLA2 wrote:I do not argue math and physics with you, Mactep. Properly built, loaded and sailed, no ship should sink under normal conditions. :)
KLA2 wrote:Relative density of the entire (averaged out) sealed volume, I would say. Which is why an iron ship floats, unless it springs a leak.
Which sums up what you both just said ... only I expressed it better. :P
tubeswell wrote:So - how did it sink again?
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:So the gross weight of a vessel will always be the same as the weight of the water that would fill its volume below the waterline.
And water is heavy: 2.8 tonnes per 100 cubic feet.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:The only way to make a truly unsinkable ship would be to have a solid hull made of a material lighter then water.
Mactep wrote:Ever see Erik the Viking?
Mactep wrote:Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:So the gross weight of a vessel will always be the same as the weight of the water that would fill its volume below the waterline.
And water is heavy: 2.8 tonnes per 100 cubic feet.
That's what I figured. Except I thought it was 1 kg per litre :P
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Mactep wrote:Ever see Erik the Viking?
To long ago to remember much.
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