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Increased seakeeping ability was imparted through abulbousbow, high forecastle, and a stabilising system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A far more radicalbulbousbowdesign solution was incorporated into their massively large, including, and the aircraft carrier.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bluntbulbousbowalso produces higher pressure in a large region in front, making the bow wave start earlier.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A major disaster was averted because thebulbousbowpunctured the fishing vessel in the fish hold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, abulbousbowwas added below the waterline, improving the ship's sea-keeping abilities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also, while abulbousbowallows a ship to move more efficiently through the water, designers lean towards simple vertical bows on larger ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The work included extensive model testing, which resulted in the adoption of abulbousbowthat alone increased the ships' service speed by 0.5 knots.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modern ships are commonly fitted with abulbousbowto achieve this.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The estimated 21.3 (70 ft) whale was found on top of thebulbousbow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abulbousbowalso increases the buoyancy of the forward part and hence reduces the pitching of the ship to a small degree.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ship has abulbousbow, a standard feature for cargo ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She also had abulbousbow, two sets of stabilizers, and two funnels side-by-side.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A modestbulbousbowwas used in a number of their ship designs, including the light cruiser and the carriers and.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, a hydrodynamically efficientbulbousbowgreatly increases the ice resistance, making it unsuitable for icebreakers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A sharp bow on a conventional hull form would produce waves and low drag like abulbousbow, but waves coming from the side would strike it harder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The boats originally had abulbousbowcovering the two forward external torpedo tubes, which quickly produced complaints that they reduced surface speed in rough weather.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have a beam of 17.44 m and a draft of 5 m, though the draft increases to 7 m at the sonar array in thebulbousbow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The service speed of the vessel will be and despite herbulbousbowshe will also be capable of breaking level ice up to in thickness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With the elimination of the car deck the stern doors were sealed, abulbousbowreplaced the original icebreaker bow, and sponsons were fitted aft to increase stability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Large ships with bulbous bows have a twelve to fifteen percent better fuel efficiency than similar vessels without them.
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