From:	Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject:	Submarines (was RE: Shipping (was Re: the value of
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:09:36 -0500

Geoff Skellams wrote:
/On shadowrn@*********.org, Sommers[SMTP:sommers@*****.umich.edu] wrote:
/> I would think that subs on the surface would be able to go faster than
/subs
/> completely submerged, since it would have less drag.
/
/Actually, IIRC, I believe that submarines are far more efficient
/underwater than on the surface. If you look at a surface ship, you have
/a sharp bow that cuts through the surface. On the other hands, if you
/look at a modern submarine, you find an extremely blunt bow.

Not quite. Small craft (up to and including yachts) have a sharp prow.
However, most big ships have a blunted "probe-like" extension below the
surface, shaped almost exactly like the front end of a sub. Since it's
under water it looks like the large boat has a sharp prow, but in fact it
doesn't. I don't know about the physics of it, but large ships don't have
a sharp prow in general.

-Graht
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