What about made concrete ships?

[rod_oil]

On pic is concrete USS Talbot:


The bunch of info about concrete ships of WW2 here: http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww2/ I think its a good basis for new mod for SH3:hmm:

[Venatore]

I would be really pissed if I crept into a enemy port and let rip with 4 eels to find out they were cement

Thanks for sharing, will have to make sure these bad boys don't appear in the game, for our sake anyway

[Graf Paper]

Why is everyone so surprised a ship made out of concrete would be able to float?

Last time I checked, steel isn't all that buoyant, either. Drop a crowbar into a pool and see what I mean.

The material used to make the hull has nothing to do with whether it floats or sinks. It's how much water is displaced by the volume of the ships hull. If the amount of water displaced is greater in weight than the weight of the ship, that ship will float.

Heck, back in WWII, the Royal Navy wanted to make supply ships and aircraft carriers out of icebergs!

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by Graf Paper

Heck, back in WWII, the Royal Navy wanted to make supply ships and aircraft carriers out of icebergs!

Thats a great idea. Just think of all the ice I could use to fill my glass of rum

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by Graf Paper

Why is everyone so surprised a ship made out of concrete would be able to float?

I'm not.......What I'm pissed about; is wasting valuable torpedos on what I thought were prized targets and to later find out I was deceived by the enemy. Good deception on there behalf

How foolish would you feel returning back to port ...ooh; how the jokes would start at the Officers Mess

[Grayson02sept1980]

Originally Posted by Venatore

I'm not.......What I'm pissed about; is wasting valuable torpedos on what I thought were prized targets and to later find out I was deceived by the enemy. Good deception on there behalf

How foolish would you feel returning back to port ...ooh; how the jokes would start at the Officers Mess

"torpedoed a rock" :rotfl:
original GWX quote

[rod_oil]

Heres the pic of concrete floating dock:

Technical characteristics:

carrying capacity - 4500t
length - 102 m
width - 29,2

Exotic!:rotfl:

[mcf1]

Wow! never thought this is possible.
Well you can never stop learning new things.

[denis_469]

And what about unpowered B7 A2 barges built by Concrete Ship Constructors of National City, California and launched in 1944?
http://www.concreteships.org/ships/barges/yogn82/

I think, that need olso

Or B7 D1 barge: http://www.concreteships.org/ships/barges/quartz/

All concrete

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Graf Paper

Why is everyone so surprised a ship made out of concrete would be able to float?

Last time I checked, steel isn't all that buoyant, either. Drop a crowbar into a pool and see what I mean.

The material used to make the hull has nothing to do with whether it floats or sinks. It's how much water is displaced by the volume of the ships hull. If the amount of water displaced is greater in weight than the weight of the ship, that ship will float.

Heck, back in WWII, the Royal Navy wanted to make supply ships and aircraft carriers out of icebergs!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk