Just as the Titanic was said to be unsinkable, these days with our better built ships are any of them made unsinkable - that is from hitting an obstruction like an iceberg?
2006-09-06 06:45:13 · 8 answers · asked by stelcha 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Only the ships that sail on dry land.
2006-09-06 06:47:27 · answer #1 · answered by careerslacker 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Unsinkable Ships
2016-09-29 01:26:29 · answer #2 · answered by quesinberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Are there currently any unsinkable ships?
Just as the Titanic was said to be unsinkable, these days with our better built ships are any of them made unsinkable - that is from hitting an obstruction like an iceberg?
2015-08-14 12:52:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small boats can be made unsinkable with the addition of flotation foam............large ships, like cruise ships ..or for that matter cruisers, and carriers can sink if enough water is let into the hull. Titanic was thought to be unsinkable as she had 11 watertight bulkheads dividing the ship, and could float with any 3 flooded. Problem was that the watertight bulkheads didn't go all the way up; when she started flooding the water filled a compartment, the overflowed to the next aft, then the next then the next......that's why she went down bow first, as opposed to rolling over...
Now a days the Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) Convention and Rules fill hundreds and hundreds of pages all designed to keep water out or limit the flooding in case of collision, scraping an iceberg, fire or whatever........bulkheads are topped with a watertight deck, for example.........but if you put a big enough hole in a ship.........like sideswiping an iceberg and ripping open most of the side like a can opener, you will still sink...
2006-09-07 02:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-28 02:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if by ships you mean the steel structures that hold thousands of passengers I don't think that is possible with the amount of weight in steel. If a circumstance that enough of the air tight compartments should leak the weight will bring it down. On the other hand small vessels that are fiberglass or aluminum and filled with Styrofoam should leak they would probably not sink.
2006-09-06 06:51:40 · answer #6 · answered by tman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Theory, yes there is. The U.S. Coast Guard uses a special Baffle to make their ships self righting, which means if they are cap sized then it will turn itself back over on it's own. Follow the link below, and you will see what I am talking about. :D
2006-09-06 07:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by trauma_force 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No boat is unsinkable. I mean, even the Titanic wasn't unsinkable.
2006-09-06 07:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jami C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NORSAFE MAKES UNSINKABLE LIFEBOATS THAT HOLD UP TO 150 PEOPLE - BUT THEY ARE NOT "BOATS" IN THE SENSE OF SOMETHING USED BY PEOPLE FOR RECREATION
2014-07-29 08:27:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all ships are sinkable.
2006-09-06 06:50:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋