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Re: ballast tanks
Posted by: Peter Skantze ()
Date: February 07, 2002 05:41PM

Ballast tanks in submarines are normally not comparmented even if it occurs there can be one bulkhead divinding the ballat tank into two.
Ballast tanks are normally open at the bottom but there are also boats with ballast tanks that have a kingston valve at the bottom meaning that they need not be pressurised to keep the water out when on surface. This is a matter of ballast tank philosophy. You don't mix the two principles in one boat.

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ballast tanks kosta 02/03/2002 08:55PM
Re: ballast tanks Peter Skantze 02/07/2002 05:41PM
Re: ballast tanks Carl Paradis 02/07/2002 09:11PM


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