Dimension charts for fixed deadweight vessels, with suggested " working band" for dimensions superimposed; ratio ranges for 500,000 and 1,000,000 ton vessels, respectively, are -- length/beam 5.5 to 7 and 5 to 6.5, length/depth 10 and 9, beam/ depth maximum 2.1 and minimum 1.5, draft/depth between 0.70 and 0.75, block coefficient 0.80 to 0.81 and 0.81 to 0.82; minimum draft about 75 ft and 95 ft, and with increase in block coefficient to 0.85 possibly 73 ft and 93 ft.
Approximate hull dimensions for 500,000 and 1,000,000 dwt tankers
Shipg World Shipbldr
Shipping World and Shipbuilder ; 160 , n 3807
1967
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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