Questions tagged [ships]
For questions relating to water-based vessels. Ships in space should use the spaceship tag.
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Advantages and disadvantages of outrigger ships
I'm designing boats and ships for a medieval seafaring civilization. I thought about basing their ships on Filipino outrigger boats. But then I wondered what the advantages and disadvantages of ...
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Way to make a sailing frigate dangerous in a semi-modern world
I need to find a way to make an age of sail type naval frigate comparable to those of rougly the 1770's (admittedly with some ''ahead of it's time'' design changes) a threat to a naval ship comparable ...
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How could iron-age ships be modified to withstand extreme storms?
Iron-age humans wish to cross an extremely stormy sea -- one that no pre-industrial vessel humans actually built could reasonably survive.
Here is a graphical guide to some hazards
These people don't ...
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Could Mermaids Tear a Warship's Planking?
I had an idea for a story, where mermaids sabotage a ship during the age of sail. I wanted to ask for advice on it, and if it makes sense. Perspective would be especially helpful, since someone told ...
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What is the danger zone of a waterfall to aircraft?
In my world, which is similar to that described in this answer, with suspended platforms between 5 and 40 km above the global sea, with 1 ATM at 25km altitude, with a similar gravity and scale height ...
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How many trading voyages a year would this ship make? [closed]
How many voyages a year would a single trading ship make, usually?
Firstly, please let me know if I'm using the wrong terms for any part of this question. I suspect my answer is already out there ...
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Maximum Size of a Wooden Sailing Vessel
King Darien "Stubby" Shortstock, the incredibly petite king of 1600s Imperial Rathakos, has commissioned me to build him a massive flagship to lead his mighty fleet. He wants it big. Bigger ...
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Would it be possible, given current technology, ten years, and an infinite amount of money, to construct a 7,000 foot (2200 meter) aircraft carrier?
Given current technology, ten years, and an infinite amount of money, would it be possible to build an aircraft carrier with a 7,000-foot-long (2,200 meters) flight deck? This is about seven times as ...
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Silent Ships: Can we Keep the Mer folk Happy?
Modern ships are loud.
So loud in fact, that it is actively harming ocean life.
Now, this alone is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. However, in my world the issue is compounded due to the ...
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How would one go about designing a carrier sailing ship for flying mounts? [duplicate]
Specifically, I am looking for a good design for a sailing ship with circa 17th century Earth technology that can carry a large swath of flying animals ridden by very small humanoids. The animals ...
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Solar panels for Naval ships in Ship building
As the Naval ships sail in the deep seas, oceans and they are open to the blue sky (As i visualise them), Can there be Naval ships where Solar panels could be required for them in specific cases, ...
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How would low-gravity seas affect ship design?
Just what the title says, I'm trying to understand how ships would be built for seas on low-gravity worlds. I've searched around a little for an identical question but surprsingly turned up empty-...
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I have an armada of teleporting sky fortresses. Do I still need a navy? [duplicate]
I'm trying to flesh out the military capabilities of my universe and just started to move into defining sea power.
When defining the air power I created a few things, the important ones for the ...
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Air(warships) and the 'wet navy'
My early 20th Century (ww1/interwar/early ww2) alternate world has armoured airships (I haven't fully worked out the physics but I assume some sort of handwavium to allow armoured ships not just ...
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For how much and for how long would a "Closed Cycle Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine" generate thrust for a floating ship?
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The "Closed Cycle Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine" is just a big nuclear steam engine that in this specific case, uses the (non radioactive) water steam to stay in air, at the ...
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