I like Ships too

[ryan8558]

Does one of those blades look damaged to you? The bottom blade looks curled on the end.

 

[thør]

 

[JohnnySavage]

Does one of those blades look damaged to you? The bottom blade looks curled on the end.

They are that shape to reduce cavitation. As the other guy said, the screw design of our submarines is very classified. They have lots of people with thick glasses and pocket-protectors doing calculations and stuff to design those things.


The new subs don't have screws though.

 

[ryan8558]

the article

http://engineering.stackexchange.co...se-of-spheres-and-fins-on-submarine-propeller

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[thør]

 

[thør]

 

[tactful]

November 10, 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

 

[JohnnySavage]

I spent a month on this ship

 

[trysail]

143 meters of all ugly.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_sailing_yachts

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[Kitschshaman]

143 meters of all ugly.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_sailing_yachts

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Seems counter-intuitive ... a sailing ship that requires aux generators to run ...

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[thør]

...

That will buff out.

 

[trysail]

That will buff out.

It's just amazing to see what a little touch-up paint, waxing and compounding can do these days.


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[trysail]

Wreck Of Legendary Spanish Galleon Is Finally Found, Colombia Says

(NPR) More than 300 years after it sank during an attack in the Caribbean near Cartagena's coast, a Spanish treasure ship has been found, says Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos.

Santos announced the discovery of the legendary galleon Friday night, tweeting: "Great news: we found the Galeón San José!"

The value of the San Jose's treasure — believed to include gold, silver, emeralds, and other precious cargo — has been estimated at more than $10 billion, with a range of $4-$17 billion often invoked. Much of the bullion came from mines in what is now Peru.

The discovery was made on Nov. 27, Santos said at a news conference in Cartagena Saturday. He called it "one of the biggest findings and identification of underwater heritage in the history of humanity."

At a formal announcement this morning, Santos said, "I am very pleased, as head of state, to inform you that, without a doubt, we have found, 307 years after its sinking, the galleon San Jose."

The three-decked ship was reportedly 150 feet long, with a beam of 45 feet; it was armed with 64 guns. Colombia says researchers found bronze cannons that are in good condition, along with ceramic and porcelain vases and personal weapons. The researchers say that the specifications of the cannons leave no doubt that the wreck is that of the San Jose...

...Here's a portion of the document that describes the heart of the combat between Britain's Commodore Charles Wager (who was later knighted) and the weighted-down — and badly leaking — galleon of Spain's Admiral Jose Fernandez de Santillan, Count of Casa Alegre:

"In a one-on-one battle, Wager's ship, the Expedition, had the San Jose outgunned both in the number and size of their cannons. The first bloody broadside was exchanged between them shortly after sunset. There were casualties on both sides. In the light winds, the ships seemed to be drifting, but locked together, blasting each other with cannonades of chains, scrap iron, and balls of all sizes up to Wager's 32 pounders. The largest cannons on the San Jose were 24 pounders. Between broadsides, each ship raked the other's decks with small swivel cannons and muskets.There was a good deal of blood on the decks of both ships. Sand was quickly poured over the blood to allow sure footing for the crew, as the battle continued without interruption.

"By 7 PM, it was quite dark. Wager's sixth broadside answered Alegre's. Blasts of fire and smoke spurted out of thirty cannons consecutively as they came to bear. The noise was deafening. The smoke, smelling of sulphur and brimstone, was heavy in the air, and punctuated with crimson from fire streaking out of the cannon barrels. With little wind, the smoke was slow to clear; it enveloped and obscured the two ships pounding each other at close range.

"The Expedition's 32 pound cannonballs blasted through the heavy timbers of the San Jose's hull at a distance of about 100 feet. After the last of the Expedition's 30 cannons had fired, there was a brief silence as the gun crews tried to see through the smoke to assess the damage they had done. The silence was broken by a tremendous explosion on the San Jose.From the deck of the Expedition, Wager could feel the sudden heat of the blast, but little of the shock, as the path of least resistance for the explosion inside the San Jose was upward. The gunpowder which had been moved up from its lower hold to escape the leakage had ignited. Its explosion drove the hull of the San Jose down into the sea with a force so great it created a shock wave—a wall of water so high it came in at the Expedition's gun ports. The San Jose's upper decks, which were not built to withstand forces from below, offered little resistance. The decks blew skyward, splintering from the blast and igniting from the heat."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wager's_Action


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[JohnnySavage]

 

[JohnnySavage]

That was East Germany's embarrassment. Here's the US Navy's:

 

[thør]

That was East Germany's embarrassment. Here's the US Navy's:

It's ugly, but what if it works?

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's ugly, but what if it works?

Sailors should be able to stand on the weather-decks, smoke a cigarette, tell lies and piss in the sea.

Where's your sense of tradition?

 

[thør]

Sailors should be able to stand on the weather-decks, smoke a cigarette, tell lies and piss in the sea.

Where's your sense of tradition?

All inefficiencies in war.

If you want tradition, bring back oars.

 

[pensivepoet]

It's ugly, but what if it works?

Damn, it is ugly. Makes me long for a clipper.

 

[ryan8558]

Sailors should be able to stand on the weather-decks, smoke a cigarette, tell lies and piss in the sea.

Where's your sense of tradition?

All inefficiencies in war.

If you want tradition, bring back oars.

Tradition. Visit Pearl Harbor

 

[JohnnySavage]

All inefficiencies in war.

If you want tradition, bring back oars.

Hell... they probably even have women on it!!!

 

[ryan8558]

Hell... they probably even have women on it!!!

 

[thør]

Tradition. Visit Pearl Harbor

Been there, done that.