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Originally Posted by LoBlo
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Originally Posted by Looney11
A 4600ton frigate (M-class or Karel Doorman, RNLN) will go to top-speed (roughly 29 knots) in under 2 minutes and will stop itself in 1 boat length by going full reverse on the pitch of the proppellors. Been there, done that.
This should give you a nice view of the manouvrebility (dreadful word btw) of todays frigates.
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Wow, full stop in one boat length... I can imagine all the split coffee.  That's pretty impressive. What about without going to full reverse? |
You'd simply coast to a halt, we didn't do this normally, But the built-up inertia @ 29 knots, I reckon it'll take a while
