Interesting. It appears Jay made a typo in the name of the book, which you've blindly copied rather than referring to the source.OK here's the Southwest Texas summary:
Source: Sven Anér, ESTONIA sprängdest! ("ESTONIA was blown up!") - ed. - Disclaimer for academic discussion only - no copyright infringement intended
Thank you, on behalf of all Swedes.
Oops, my apologies. The ! looks like a t at a glance.
OK. So I have now located the source. It is:
Yes, can you quote the part that says the Atlantic lock was only added to make people feel safer? I can't find it.
Vixen can't find it either. Not a hope in hell that she will concede that though.
It's just the sprangdest thing...
Because it was clearly the wrong lock. If they'd used a Baltic lock, it would have never failed.
Are you making fun of Swedish??? Huh?
Are you making fun of Swedish??? Huh?
Well, two can play that game, I'll have you know, Reformed Offlian (if that is indeed your real name); yes, it is a rather silly language, isn't it?
Big ships have many holes in the hull. The valve that lets water in or out of those openings is a seacock. You let water in for example to cool machinery, provide for saltwater wash downs, and take on ballast. You let water out when it is gray water from culinary or sanitary systems, or ordinary runoff. And the cooling water and ballast has to go back out again when its job is done. If you combine several of these uses together in one integrated unit with a single intake or outlet, it is a seachest. You hear of ships being scuttled by opening the seacocks, and that's true. But that's a choice. Normally the inside part of the seacock is connected to other plumbing that will make use of the opening. Removing that plumbing and letting water spill into the lower spaces uncontrolled will sink the ship.
Small sailboats have drain cocks, generally on the lowest or after part of the cockpit floor. Ostensibly this is to drain water from the boat after it has been lifted out of the water. But many sailboats have underway drain cocks. These drain water from the cockpit when the boat is underway. The passing water generates suction that draws water out through the cock—no pump necessary.
Are you threatening us with 39 more years of this ◊◊◊◊? =]
Seriously, your inability to admit mistakes is probably 40-50% of the reason you get abuse* on your threads, <sfx/kemosabe">
I have said before, I would sink a ship by smashing or disconnecting the cooling water outflow, that way a huge volume of water is being actively pumped in to the ship.
Depends how you want it to sink. IIRC when they turned the USS Oriskany into an artificial reef, they used carefully calculated explosive charges along its bottom so it would sink flat and in the place they wanted it to rest. I suspect (IANAME*) your method would sink it bow or stern first and it would end up a ship's length or more away.
If I was sabotaging a ship, why would I care?Depends how you want it to sink. IIRC when they turned the USS Oriskany into an artificial reef, they used carefully calculated explosive charges along its bottom so it would sink flat and in the place they wanted it to rest. I suspect (IANAME*) your method would sink it bow or stern first and it would end up a ship's length or more away.
* I am not a marine engineer.
Do you sabotage a lot of ships. Oh, you're referring to to the Estonia. Fair enough.
Okay, you post a link to a chapter that details how there were issues between the designers and subcontractors who built the visor, and how stress maximus were mostly assumed, not tested. This also mentions the lack of follow through on upgrades to the bottom lock.
