It amazes me stuff like this can float

[nosittap]

Just came across this whilst browsing the internet and had to share.

Stuff like this fascinates me.


http://imgur.com/a/oRQQx

The Wiki article for those interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Servant_3

[chazola]

Mighty Servant 3 didn't float very well a few years back! Pretty impressive how they raised it off the seabed and returned it to service though. I always wondered how they got those container cranes on and off the transport ships until I looked it up on youtube...

[JVaughan]

Wow ...

Looks like on the 9th and 10th Pictures though it Failed to float !!

[MBBlat]

It actually floats in exactly the same way as any other ship, in that the weight of water displaced by the bits under the water equals the weight of the boat and everything its carrying. Since each cubic meter of water weighs just over a tonne, it can carry a lot of weight.

[nosittap]

MBBlat said:

It actually floats in exactly the same way as any other ship, in that the weight of water displaced by the bits under the water equals the weight of the boat and everything its carrying. Since each cubic meter of water weighs just over a tonne, it can carry a lot of weight.

You don't say.

It's the scale and the feats of engineering required that impresses me.

[MBBlat]

nosittap said:

You don't say.

It's the scale and the feats of engineering required that impresses me.

I tend to deal even more complicated vessels on a daily basis so its nothing too impressive for me Partially sinking a ship is easy - its fully sinking that's difficult if you're doing it on purpose.

The main difficulty with these ships is that they are very sensitive to weight & trim changes while docked down and that when things go wrong they go wrong very quickly. They can also be very sensitive to changes in water density.

[paintman]

Pah! Its a ship.
Now floating THESE into position WAS amazing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour

[phumy]

Some big stuff here too its an old thread i started a while ago: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=108...