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Last week I was browsing trough an secondhand store and came across a little booklet about ships. The book itself isn’t that interesting but too my surprise in the middle were fold out pages with a cutaway profile drawing of ss Hamburg. For a mere 95 cents I could not leave it behind.
Here is a link to a large size pictureHamburg
Onno
Steve
Greetings Ben.
quote:Originally posted by Stevie2020:Just curious but why do the decks slant upward in the bow section. I have noticed this on plenty of classic liners and never really know why.Steve
In case of a leak the ship would not only sink straight down but also tilt e.g. to the front should the leak be closer to the bow. As you might know ships are divided into sections by 'bulkheads' to contain the flooding in case of a leak to a section of the hull. To prevent the water from flooding neigbouring section the 'dividing walls' (bulkheads) have to be 'high' enough so that the water does not flow over the 'upper edge' of this wall into the next section - as the ship is not only going "straight' down, but also tilting if the leak is closer to one end (bow or stern) the bulkheads closer to the stern/bow have to be higher to allow the ship to stay afloat with a certain number of sections flooded.To achieve this some (usually older) ships have the decks bending upwards at the bow and the stern so that the bulkheads are higher at the bow/stern.
This is a bit simplified, but I guess one can understand what I mean - please felle free to correct me or add comments to this "explanation".
[ 04-04-2006: Message edited by: Ernst ]
QM2 also has a slight sheer far forward. I believe that she is the only large newbuild to have this design feature.
quote:Originally posted by Onno:The book itself isn’t that interesting but too my surprise in the middle were fold out pages with a cutaway profile drawing of ss Hamburg.
The book itself isn’t that interesting but too my surprise in the middle were fold out pages with a cutaway profile drawing of ss Hamburg.
Onno, Hapag-Lloyd issued a brochure "Kreuzfahrten MS Europa" in the seventies and featured her cutaway, I got a free copy from an agent in Frankfurt.
[ 04-04-2006: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]
Best ;-)
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:Many modern ships have the forward parts of their decks inclined a bit. Maybe this is also the case for QM2.
I found this out by comparing photos of other large newbuilds and QM2. I used a straight edge and QM2 seems to be the one with a noticeable sheer far forward. In comparision, QE2's sheer begins just forward of her superstructure.
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