A bilge keel is a nautical device used to reduce a ship's tendency to roll. Bilge keels are employed in pairs (one for each side of the ship). A ship...

Internally, the bilges (usually used in the plural in this context) is the lowest compartment on a ship or seaplane, on either side of the keel and (in a traditional...

active systems. A bilge keel is a long, often V-shaped metal fin welded along the length of the ship at the turn of the bilge. Bilge keels are employed in...

Twin keels or bilge keels are two keels that emerge at an angle from the hull of a sailboat (and some ships), at or near the bilge. The angle allows the...

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RNZN on 22 July 1997. In early 2002, microscopic cracks in Te Kaha's bilge keel and hull plating were discovered. This problem, which was common to the...

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose...

available in three different keel configurations: The fin keel version has a draft of 1.15m (3'9") Also known as twin keel this version is easily trailerable...

motion of the ship exerts force to counteract the roll. Fixed fins and bilge keels do not move; they reduce roll by hydrodynamic drag exerted when the ship...

Full-length bilge keels add rigidity to a hull. Bilge keel craft are found in areas with large tidal ranges to keep the vessel upright when dried out. Bilge pump:...

homeport of Tauranga. In early 2002, microscopic cracks in Te Mana's bilge keel and hull plating were discovered. This problem, which was common to the...

eigenperiod of wave coincide with eigenperiod of ship roll. Roll damping by bilge keels of sufficient size will reduce the hazard. Criteria for this dynamic...

their time. The original design of the Indiana class included bilge keels, but with keels they would not fit in any of the American drydocks at the time...

000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph). She rolled badly until fitted with a bilge keel. The cruiser had nine 8-inch/55 caliber Mark 9 guns in three triple mounts...

thwarts are called risings.: 211  They are fastened through the timbers. Bilge keels are often added to the outside of the land on which the boat would lie...

starboard side below the water-line after running deep and hitting the bilge keel, inboard of the side protection system. The hit caused flooding of the...

the hull has round bilges and merges smoothly with the keel, and there are no sharp corners on the hull sides between the keel centreline and the sheer...

narrowly missing a 100-ton dockside crane, and exploded underwater below the bilge keel. The explosion took place about six feet from the ship's port side in...

early 2002, the first four ships found to have microscopic cracks in the bilge keel and hull plating. The ships' hulls were repaired and reinforced. Construction...

of the bilge, usually by grounding or hitting an obstruction. 4.  To fail an academic course ("bilge") or curriculum ("bilge out"). bilge keel One of...

in some designs. They include static hull features such as skegs and bilge keels, or active mechanical devices like counterweights, antiroll tanks and...

upwards from the bilge keel. The side plating upwards of the bilge keel for 25 ft (7.6 m) and for 8 ft (2.4 m) below the bilge keel had been severely...

high metacentric height to minimise rolling and he did not think that bilge keels were needed. When Resolution experienced heavy rolling during a heavy...

asbestos, and adhesives was applied to the hulls from the waterline to the bilge keel. This coating was apparently based on German research, though completely...

caused them to roll excessively, which necessitated the fitting of deep bilge keels. The immediately-following Portland class was essentially a modified...

dries out at low water, hence it is more suitable for smaller sailing (bilge keel) and motor cruisers. It has provision for up to 200 boats, either on floating...

paint peel, marine growth, sea chest gratings, overboard valves, propeller, anodes, bilge keel and ship hull. 1,893 Images Segmentation 2022 Waszak et al....

the ship, however one 15-inch shell about a foot above the starboard bilge keel did not explode. An 8-inch shell from the cruiser Prinz Eugen penetrated...

scraped Express, lying close alongside taking off survivors, with her bilge keel, and very nearly took the destroyer down with her. The rumbling sound...

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