| From: | Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu> |
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| Subject: | Re: Naval units (was Re: Killing in Shadowrun...) |
| Date: | Tue, 28 May 1996 09:51:41 -0400 (EDT) |
> With regards to hull forms --
> 1. Any submersible these days has to be deep diving (excess of 400 ft)
> three reasons a. Many of the "super tankers" currently afloat
> have a draft of 200' to 250' fully loaded;
I'm with you on the rest of your post, but this one leaves me
cold. I've seen the designs (being a naval architect and all) of some of
the larger supertankers (the ones in excess of 1000' LBP) but they are
nowhere close to drawing that much water. As a general rule, the
*depth* (and for you land lubbers, depth is the height from the keel to
the top edge of the gunwhale) rarely exceeds 10% of the overall length.
For the larger supertankers, the biggest change over standard tankers is
the fact that they are so beamy. Drawing too much water severely
restricts where a ship can go and which ports it can visit, which is
ultimately limiting your potential profit.
Marc
