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Yeah, it’s surprisingly common. For years when getting the a CalMac ferry from Oban in Scotland you could spot that the MV Isle of Mull had been extended becaus
by aardvark179 6y ago
Yeah, it’s surprisingly common. For years when getting the a CalMac ferry from Oban in Scotland you could spot that the MV Isle of Mull had been extended because they had to repaint the ship’s name. That was done to fix stability as all the steel was right at the thickest end of the specified tolerance resulting in the ship being heavier than intended.
- perl4ever 6y agoI think the "surprising" or unintuitive part for me is that I wouldn't have thought that a join could be sufficiently strong. However, in another thread recently, it was mentioned that large ships can't support their own weight without water anyway, so I guess that the strength needed is mainly just in tension?