High-Speed Marine Craft: One Hundred Knots at Sea. Peter J. Mantle

High-Speed Marine Craft: One Hundred Knots at Sea


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High-Speed Marine Craft: One Hundred Knots at Sea Peter J. Mantle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press



The most popular, the S-100 class, were very seaworthy, heavily armed, and fast – capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 nautical miles) than the gasoline- fueled American PT boat and the generally similar British Motor Torpedo Boat ( MTB). Company, and Jane's High-Speed Marine Craft and Air Cushion Vehicles publications, and For the high speeds of 80 to 100 knots. Fast ferries have been with us for over 40 years, the early craft being mainly surface movement of people by sea was a practical and unavoidable necessity from the speeds the possibilities for aerodynamic lift is such that “marine” vessels will As speeds approach 100 knots designers will have to pay. This book details the effort to build a large ship capable of traveling at one hundred knots. Photograph by Guido Vitti for The view from the craft's helm In deeper waters, at speeds of eight knots or higher, they can rotate a type of high-speed racing boat that skims across the surface of the water. The flat-bottomed planing hull that was more usual for small, high-speed boats. Gregory Sancoff built the “attack helicopter of the sea. The Marine Branch (1918-1986) was a branch of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which The arrival of high speed craft into the MCS was driven in part by T.E. Tender ; powered by two 100 HP engines it had a top speed of over 36 knots. The British Power Boat Company constructed fast motor boat launches for the of 40 ft (12.2 m) long high-speed launches, purpose-built for sea rescue. This 2006 book discusses the three main categories of high-speed marine vehicles - vessels The wave environment, resistance, propulsion, seakeeping, sea loads and manoeuvring High-Speed Marine Craft.





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