Concept in Definition ABC

A vessel it's a type of boat, of considerable size and solidity, that has a deck, and that is normally used for large sea voyages.

Boat of great size and solidity with which extensive trips are made for various purposes

They are manufactured precisely with a special structure that allows them to carry out really long trips to a successful conclusion.

Requirements and structure

As with the rest of the ship variants that exist, the ship must strictly comply with the following conditions: buoyancy, endurance, watertightness, seaworthiness and stability otherwise, it cannot be considered as such, nor can it satisfactorily perform the work for which it was designed.

To precisely comply with the condition of buoyancy, by the way the most important of those mentioned in the paragraph above, it is a condition without equanom that the structure of the ship is waterproof, that is, that it floats in the water and that it supports without problems each of the avatars that the water can propose to its He passed.

Meanwhile, the question, for buoyancy to be a fact, will be on the quality and the shape of the helmet.

Meanwhile, the hull would be the covering of the ship that prevents the passage of water.

Structurally we can identify various component parts of it, the front part is called the prow, the rear stern, while both have a refined shape.

The keel is a piece of wood or iron that extends from the stern to the bow, in the lower part of the boat in question, and in which the entire frame is seated.

While the stem appears as a vertical extension of the keel, a thick and curved piece, which is part of the bow.

And to modify and steer the boat the rudder is used, which is a rotating blade that moves around a vertical axis.

Ship classes

There are different types of ships according to the type of mission they undertake as such, such is the case of: vessel school(It is the one that integrates the navy and in which the future guards are trained and instructed), warship (is the one that corresponds to a state or nation and has military purposes), flagship (in this type the leader of a squad or division travels) and merchat vessel (intended for transport both passengers and merchandise; with regard to merchandise, oil transport stands out).

In the specific case of warships, in addition to an excellent mobility capacity in the water, they must have functions defensive and attack that are translated into the presence in situ of guided missiles and special machines that are capable of distinguishing the enemy attack.

Causes of sinking a ship

Although as we already indicated the manufacturing of these vessels is especially solid and is prepared for long hours of navigation, none can be exempt from suffer the shipwreck or sinking, as the main problem that a boat could cross in March.

This state of affairs will cause the boat to sink into the water it is sailing.

The causes o factors They are really varied, although the most common are virulent climatic phenomena, such as storms or hurricanes, military conflicts, crashes, or some structural defect.

But we will specify some such as: the hull is pierced and then this allows permanent water entry and constant that will cause the ship to sink slowly, or quickly, depending on the degree of breakage suffered.

There may also be an unstable situation that causes the ship to tilt to one extreme and cannot stabilize again in any way.

Strong storms are a common cause of instability in the ship that can cause its collision with some solid element, and this generates damage to the hull, and therefore give way to the entry of water through the perforated.

On the other hand, there may be a human or technological failure that produces a collision against another vessel, or against a block of ice, for For example, such is the case of the sinking of the famous ocean liner Titanic, back at the beginning of the last century, and which gave rise to so many legends and stories.

And at the behest of a war it can happen that the damage is caused by clashes between the sides: among them sabotage, impact of projectiles, missiles, or torpedoes, which have the objective of sinking.

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