A surface effect ship (SES) or sidewall hovercraft is a watercraft that has both an air cushion, like a hovercraft, and twin hulls, like a catamaran....
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Flying Platform Ground effect (aerodynamics) Ground-effect train Hovercraft List of ground-effect vehicles Surface effect ship Caspian Sea Monster Cl/da...
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The free surface effect is a mechanism which can cause a watercraft to become unstable and capsize. It refers to the tendency of liquids — and of unbound...
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An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship or sea drone, is a...
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Russian corvette Samum (redirect from Samum (ship))
"small missile ship" (Russian: малый ракетный корабль, МРК). Like the rest of the class, it is a surface effect ship armed with anti-ship missiles. MRK-17...
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Hovercraft (redirect from Ground effect machine)
destruction Saab 401 Swedish air-cushion vehicle prototype Ship-to-Shore Connector Surface effect ship Hovercraft Definition and Meaning, collinsdictionary...
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Bora-class corvette (category Ship classes of the Russian Navy)
the NATO class name "Dergach", is one of the few types of military surface effect ship built solely for marine combat purposes, rather than troop landing...
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Nongo-class warship (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
vessels. North Koreans implemented the catamaran design, adopting Surface Effect Ship technology. The design is relatively advanced, and adopted by few...
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Skjold-class corvette (category Stealth ships)
Patrol Boats, Norway". 2012. Lundquist, Edward H. "Skjold-class Surface Effect Ship HNoMS Steil". Defense Media Network. Retrieved 6 December 2016. https://247wallst...
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needed] Many anti-ship missiles can be launched from a variety of weapons systems including surface warships (also referred to as ship-to-ship missiles), submarines...
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Pegasus-class hydrofoil (section List of ships)
patrol. When in hydrofoil form, the ships would use 1000 gallons of fuel per hour. When in surface ship form, the ships would use 100 gallons of fuel per...
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direction of travel that moves the top surface of the ball in the direction of travel. Under the Magnus effect, topspin produces a downward swerve of...
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the PB Mk IIIs led to an order being placed in 1984 for a stealthy surface effect ship, the Special Warfare Craft, Medium, or SWCM, with a length of about...
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The Coandă effect (/ˈkwɑːndə/ or /ˈkwæ-/) is the tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a convex surface. Merriam-Webster describes it as "the tendency...
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Lun-class ekranoplan (redirect from Lun-class Wing-In-Groune-Effect craft)
maritime ships by the International Maritime Organization due to their use of the ground effect, in which the craft glides just above the surface of the...
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The bank effect (channel effect, bank suction, bank cushion, stern suction, ship-bank interaction) is the tendency of the stern of a ship to swing toward...
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excluded surface, a chemistry-related term Standard Event System, a guideline to study vertebrate embryos Surface effect ship, a class of ship that has...
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Warfare Specialist insignia SE – Support Equipment SES – Surface Effect Ship, class/type of ship SEL – Senior Enlisted Leader (also seen as SEA – Senior...
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Air Cushion Landing craft depot ship Merchant cruiser Stealth ship Surface effect ship Submarine Submarine tender Midget submarine Cruiser submarine Hunter-killer...
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List of United States Coast Guard cutters (category Ships of the United States Coast Guard)
USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407) USCGC Evergreen (WAGO-295) Cyclone-class patrol ships on loan from the United States Navy USCGC Tempest (WPC-2) USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4)...
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small-waterplane-area twin hull (SWATH), surface effect ships and hovercraft, hydrofoil, wing in ground effect craft (WIG). Off shore oil vessels – Platform...
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International. Vol. 32. High-Speed Surface Craft Limited. 1993. p. 13. Semo launches surface effect ship A 38m surface effect ship built in Korea by Semo Co....
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Hull classification symbol (redirect from Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship)
construction LCSs before 2019. LSES: Large Surface Effect Ship M: Monitor (1880s–1920) SES: Surface Effect Ship TB: Torpedo boat Submarines are all self-propelled...
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Metacentric height (redirect from Ship's center of gravity)
the ship because it just depends on the position of the ship's weight and cargo, but the surface area increases, increasing BMφ. Work must be done to roll...
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Oksøy-class mine hunter (section Ships)
p. 517. ISBN 0710626231. "Scrapyard Ships". shipspotting.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023. Oksøy and Alta class Alta / Oksoy Surface Effect Ship (SES)...
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Alta-class minesweeper (category European naval ship stubs)
29 March 2015. "Sold warships". nettavisen.no. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Oksøy and Alta class Alta class Alta / Oksoy Surface Effect Ship (SES) v t e...
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around 50% can be obtained at very high speed. Wing-in-ground effect vehicle Surface effect ship Doctors, L. J., “ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF AN EKRANOCAT:...
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Wight Shipyard (section Ships built)
specialise in the construction and refit of high speed craft and aluminium ships. Thames Clippers ferries Sky Clipper Star Clipper Storm Clipper Red Funnel...
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Sea surface temperature (or ocean surface temperature) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface. The exact meaning of surface varies in...
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Dead water (redirect from Dead water effect)
an effect on the vessel. The effect can also be found at density boundaries between sub surface layers. In the better known surface phenomenon a ship traveling...
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