Sunday, January 24, 2010

Wikipedia Ships Relative Speed Why Do I Always See Water Being Pumped Out Of A Ship's Hull? What Did They Do Before Water Pumps?

Why do I always see water being pumped out of a ship's hull? What did they do before water pumps? - wikipedia ships relative speed

In pictures and videos, it seems always to the water flows into the sea or lake, or see in any other large ships. Where does this water? Are there any holes in the hull? He used to cool the engine? I recently saw an old photo of Boat fully manipulated (Wikipedia: boat) and the ship is an old boat, I am confident that before the mechanical pump, no water and throw it aside. When the ship sank recenlty Tourism in Greece, no water to flow into the helmet in the photos, but half the ship was under water.

7 comments:

T C said...

Your right to see the water 99% of the time have extracted mainly for engine cooling and for mass consumption on the underside of the fuselage. What the tourist cruises in Greece, is capable of controlling the water pumps for water damage in residential areas.

For the old wooden boats in the water filtered natural water table back a little swollen. This helped to keep as much as possible;

knowknot said...

when we speak of real boats and commercial or military, usually water, cooling or ballast. The water is absorbed through the sieve of the sea and by air conditioners, boilers, chillers, heat exchangers and so on, and then overboard. The fuel tanks also seawater to fill large tanks and is then cleaned before the transfer to the tanks for use. Cloth. a little water is water in the hold of the BFM or gray pumped into the kitchen. We hope this is your answer. A long time ago, I think it's cut a bunch of dice.

anywhere... said...

Tradition sailors had significant leakage problems due to limitations of caulking materials. In the days before mechanical, water depth was examined in the hold of each clock and hand pumps worked, though he was deep. Here is a picture of the pump room of the USS Constitution:

http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/bilg ...

Manual water pumps back at least until the time of Archimedes.

Fordman said...

Hard to say, water from the cooling system, air cooling and other systems, such as the ballast from the system.

In the old wooden boats, which prevents the water in the hull to keep the wood swollen, so that the ship does not escape.

johnkmay... said...

Water can come from various sources, can cooling water, bilge water, gray water (gray water is the water in the river basin in the head or the sink in the kitchen with soap. The water flows from the cruise ship was undoubtedly booster pumps were used to the boat afloat. According to the research, I am sure to find the vessel negligence. reasonable integrity of the "ring must be in agreement with bombs to keep the ship afloat. We hope this will be very useful.

k s said...

Like many others have said, the cooling water is pumped ballast.
In those days the water in the timber ship was due to leaks - either in water or storms. Ballast of ships flying usually older, of iron or rocks or stones.

Tom C said...

most strenuous Probally or have a cool water on them lol

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