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Kimsky
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27.12.2002 14:50:49
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11-19 век; Флот;
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Re: Кампердаун и...
Вот здесь читайте, уважаемый Kimsky:
http://www.ptbo.igs.net/~howe112/Admiral%20Class%20Howe.htm
Damage sustained by the "Camperdown" in collision with "Victoria".
Before the Camperdown's way was stopped her stem had penetrated 6 ft. into the Victoria, and then the sterns swung together about 20 deg, which exaggerated the injuries to both ships. Camperdown injured her stem piece and damaged the thin plating at the port bow, so that a considerable amount of water was quickly shipped and she was soon down by the head. But for the prompt action of her carpenter, who succeeded in building a wooden barrier across the main deck, she might very well have been lost. As it was, the water rose to the top of the barrier but did not overflow it. Her metacentric height became almost nil, and but for careful handling and smooth water she would have turned over.
In these ships every bulkhead and platform was perforated to permit of "drainage" water being conducted from any compartment-including the chain locker and coal bunkers--to the main drain and thence to the engine room. Every perforation was fitted with a valve of some kind, but many were very inaccessible and dust and grit often prevented their being closed properly. The seepage into the Camperdown was instrumental in a considerable modification being adopted with drainage in subsequent ships
С уважением, Exeter