Ship Launching

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How to Launch a Ship

  1. By: kyod
  2. Categories Science & Tech
  3. Views 714,553
  4. Added :02-Nov-09
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  • Why This Way?

    Think about it guys, these ship yards are on rivers, not the ocean, they have to go shallow, a bow or stern launch would put to much of the ship into the water before it leveled out and floated level, side launch enables the ship to be launched into the river that the ship yard sits on. Also the ship is ballisted so that the heaviest part is the beem (the bottom).

    By ironmountainman 1262728827
  • it looks

    pretty close to tipping over too much sometimes!

    Why do they do it this way?
    Would there not be a more safe way to put a new ship ino the water?
    I mean it is spectacular, but could go wrong!
    Why risk an accident?

    By MuRDocK_333 1257277728
    • Did you see any of them tip over?

      They never tip over. That's because the intelligent people who design and build them know from their design calculations that they can launch them this way.

      They don't do it this way because it's fun - they do it this way because experience of centuries of ship building says it's the best way to launch a ship.

      By Asbofsteel 1257286550
    • actually,

      I've played this video back several times. If you do the same - play it back many times then look really closely at 1.21 you will see the ship does in fact tip over.

      By Asbofsteel 1257417638
    • HEY DUMASS

      IT doesnt tip it almost does then recovers dipshit

      By dugbubalowso 1264053510
    • No

      Really?

      By AlfonsoJackson 1257383411
    • Tradition

      It's traditional to launch ships this way. Centuries doing it the same way :)

      By Svaltus 1267894576
    • i had the same thaughts!

      doesn't look perfect way!

      By Tamagochi 1259872603
    • If it tips over,

      and cannot re-erect itself, it`s considered not seaworthy and sold as scrap. The safest way is to use a drydock, but building a drydock is hugely expensive and usually not worth the investment. And most modern ships are too long to be launched headlong, because the hull would break, when the aft is still resting on the wharf, the front is lifted by the water, and the middle isn`t supported by either.

      By Kijkertje 1257624206
    • If there's any question about tipping

      too far, the ship is launched with huge hawsers that tighten and hold the ship upright. Simple.

      By Absofsteel 1257363432
  • COOL

    IT'S COOL

    By EVERGREEN MARITIME 1264210272
  • harness in hands.

    THE PEOPLE BESIDES ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT BY CATCHING THE HARNESS

    By Quiintos 1264071550
  • ramp

    why not have the ramp go further into the water so it doesnt fall off it

    By tsmalls3 1263076588
  • IF...

    tat's really the way they do it i think it's cool

    By mannelim 1262641749
  • All aboard!!!

    Pretty pretty Cool!!!

    By MuskeBelgiummmmm 1260382783
  • HAHAHA...

    The safety manager is always asleep when they launch these ships...hehehe

    By h4ck3rm3 1259682479
  • wow

    cool

    By 2511am 1259136095
  • HEI

    JEG HETER BADI

    By abdi896 1258909654
  • thanks for posting

    I've never seen ship launching before.

    By roromendut 1258277498
  • Avast ye scrubs

    This is what they mean by water displacement. And that was a sharp looking ship for NOAA.

    By Moskillz 1258275549
  • Avast ye maties.

    That is what they mean by water displacement. And that was a pretty sharp looking ship for NOAA.

    By Moskillz 1258275243
  • FAKE! FAKE!

    The're obviously all model boats

    By AlfonsoJackson 1258245856
  • Good work

    Keep it up, Stuff like this are good
    You have my 5 stars

    By Keep it up 1258191800
  • ship launching

    thats the way the boat bounces

    By airbrushkid 1257811603
  • i am

    going to use that system to get my mother in law into the water

    By bozcro 1257777282
  • formidable !

    very very very thanks for this formidable video!

    By benhammadi 1257711687
  • Great

    Oh what a great and informative video whici i saw 1st time in my life . and the views of diffrent cameras are also very good. i will rank this video 5 stars

    By yasirstar 1257318790
  • Spectacular

    Very very thanks as this is the first time I see a ship launching, but really a better way to lauch than this kind, very risky

    By mailing2rathish 1257295927
  • verynice

    ...

    By Rick0071 1257270489
  • I am very much interested

    I am very much interested in cars new

    By carforallnet 1257266134
  • Must be an emotional moment....

    ..for the builders. Like letting a child go
    when he is all grown up.

    By Almetal 1257221739
    • Or

      Loosing $1000 on the dogs

      By AlfonsoJackson 1258286379
    • Yeah

      It must be exactly like that

      By Asbofsteel 1257286357
  • Were any of these launchings in

    Collingwood?

    By Absofsteel 1257176253
    • Where is Collingwood?

      Landscape and language at the first launching are Dutch. And I seem to recall the Gerarda was build, and one assumes, launched in Germany.

      By Kijkertje 1257179822
  • Thank you so much

    i was watching again n again

    By photharr 1257174452
  • !!!

    I thought they launched them pushing the poopdeck

    By ELVIS52 1257162525
    • They always use gravity

      for launchings. These sideway launchings are more space-efficient, as many wharfs are situated along smaller rivers - as you can plainly see in the first part. Also, there is less risk of the hull breaking this way.

      By Kijkertje 1257180141
    • He's right

      The hull's are very fragile, that's why they don't let these boats anywhere near the sea

      By AlfonsoJackson 1258286511
    • Thanks

      Good Explaination.

      By ELVIS52 1257186021
    • Hi Elvis

      Are you still living in that underground condo with Micheal Jackson and Adolph Hitler ?

      By AlfonsoJackson 1258286627
    • yeah...

      a bunch of mexicans pushing it :)

      By denn80 1257205894
    • Jesus, that's racist

      you racist VVanker!

      By Asbofsteel 1257286687
    • no!

      they were hiding bellow the decks, stowaways, trying to leave mexico and go to any other country in the world.

      By bozcro 1257774862
    • Obviously not

      weren't you watching?

      By Asbofsteel 1257286646
    • !!!

      Obviously I was watching. I meant that I had never seen a launch done like that.

      By ELVIS52 1257352464
  • yes

    first time 2 see that thank you

    By sayed_maher2000 1257160707
  • wooooooooooow

    this my 1st time i see something like this .... amazing thanx

    By moelimit 1257122567
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