Despite showing alarming rolling tendencies even in calm seas, Wikipedia suggests the metacentric height - loosely, how quickly it wants to come upright - was never measured. Perhaps on the basis everyone was too scared to ask...
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Dreadnought Holiday on Nostr: Japanese protected cruiser Unebi, which vanished during delivery from France in 1886 ...
Japanese protected cruiser Unebi, which vanished during delivery from France in 1886 - a failure that might be related to the fact it was built with the usual happy-go-lucky attitude to stability that seems to have plagued French yards at the time.
Despite showing alarming rolling tendencies even in calm seas, Wikipedia suggests the metacentric height - loosely, how quickly it wants to come upright - was never measured. Perhaps on the basis everyone was too scared to ask...
#FailureFriday
Despite showing alarming rolling tendencies even in calm seas, Wikipedia suggests the metacentric height - loosely, how quickly it wants to come upright - was never measured. Perhaps on the basis everyone was too scared to ask...
#FailureFriday