1.

A box-shaped vessel 24m x 6m x 3m

displaces 150 tonnes of water. Find the
draft when the vessel is floating in salt
water.
Ans. 1.016 m

1. Solution:
= L x B x Draft x Rel. Density
150 tons = 24m x 6m x Draft x 1.025
Draft =
150
24m x 6m x 1.025
Draft = 150
147.6
Draft = 1.016 m

 2. A box-ship 150m x 20m x 12m on an

even keel at 5m draft. A compartment
amidships is 15m long and contains
timber of relative density 0.8 and a
stowage factor 1.5 cubic meters per ton.
Calculate the new draft if this
compartment is now bilged.
Ans. 5.085 m

2. Solution:
Space occupied = 1
By timber
0.8
= 1.25 m
Stowage Factor = 1.50 m
Space Occupied = 1.25 m ( - )
Broken Stowage = 0.25 m
Permeability = Broken Stowage x 100
Stowage Factor
= 0.25 / 1.50 x 100
Permeability = 16.67% or 0.1667

Inc. in Draft = Vol. of Lost Buoyancy

Area of Intact WP
= 0.1667 x 15 x 20 x 5
150 x 20 01667 x 15 x 20
250 / 2950
Increase in Draft = 0.085 m
Old Draft
= 5.000 m ( + )
New Draft
= 5.085 m

 3. A box-ship draws 7.5 m in dock water

of density 1.006 ton per cu.m. Find the
draft when she is floating in sea water.
Ans. 7.361 m

3. Solution:
New Draft
Old Draft
New Draft
7.5 m
New Draft =

Old Density
New Density
1.006 ton/m
1.025 ton/m
7.5 m x 1006 ton/m
1.025 ton/m
New Draft = 7.361 m

 4. A box-ship 40 meters long, 6 meters

beam, is floating at a draft of 2m. F and
A. She has an amidships compartment
10m long which is empty. If the original
GM is 0.6m, find the new GM if this
compartment is bilged.
Ans. 0.558 meter

4. Solution:
BM = I or LB
A. Find the KG
V
12 x V
KB = x Draft
=
40m x 6m
12 x 40m x 6m x 2m
KB = x 2m
=
8,640
/
5,760
KB = 1.00 m
BM = 1.50m
KB = 1.00m ( + )
KM = 2.50m
GM = 0.6m ( - )
KG = 1.90m

B. Find the New Draft

Inc. in Draft = Vol. of Lost Buoyancy
Area of Intact Waterplane
=
10m x 6m x 2m
40m x 6m 10m x 6m
= 120 / 240 60
= 120 / 180
Inc. in Draft = 0.67m
Old Draft
= 2.00m ( + )
New Draft = 2.67m

 C. Find the New GM

KB = x New Draft New BM = 1.125m

New KB = 1.335m ( + )

= x 2.67m
New KM = 2.460m

KB = 1.335m
New KG = 1.900m ( - )
New GM = 0.56m
BM = I or LB

V
12 x V

=
30m x 6m

12 x 40m x 6m x 2m

= 6480 /5760

BM = 1.125m

 5. A box-ship 80m x 10m x 6m is floating

upright in salt water on an even keel at 4
meters draft. She has an amidships
compartment 15m long which is filled
with timber (SF=1.5 cu.m. of ton). One
ton of solid timber would occupy 1.25
cu.m. of space. What would be the
increase in draft if this compartment is
now bilged.
Ans. 0.129 meter

5. Solution:
Stowage Factor
Space Occupied
Broken Stowage
Permeability =

= 1.50 m
= 1.25 m ( - )
= 0.25 m
Broken Stowage x 100
Stowage Factor
= 0.25 / 1.50 x 100
Permeability = 16.67% or 0.1667

 Inc. in Draft = Vol. of Lost Buoyancy

Area of Intact WP

= 0.1667 x 15 x 10 x 4

80 x 10 0.1667 x 15 x 10

100.02 / 774.95
Increase in Draft = 0.129 m

 6. A box-ship 75m long x 10m wide x 6m

deep is floating in salt water on an even
keel at a draft of 4.5 meters. Find the new
mean draft if a forward compartment 5
meters long is bilged.
Ans. 4.821 m

6. Solution:
W = X x B x d x R. Density
W = Trimming Moment
X = Length of the Bilged Compartment
W = 5m x 10m x 4.5m x 1.025 ton/m
W = 230.625 tons
TPC = WPA / 97.56
TPC = 70 x 10
97.56
TPC = 7.175

6. Solution:
Inc. in Draft = W / TPC
= 230.625 tons / 7.175
Inc. in Draft =
0.3214 m or 32.14 cm
Old Draft
=
4.5 m ( + )
New Mean Draft= 4.821 m

 7. A ship displaces 7500 cu.m. of water

density 1,000 kgs per cu.m. Find the
displacement in tons when the ship is
floating at the same draft in water
density 1,015 kgs per cu.m.
Ans. 7,612.5 tons

7. Solution:
New New Density
Old Old Density
New 1,015 kgs./m
7,500t 1,000 kgs./m
New = 7,500t x 1,015 kgs./m
1,000 kgs/m
New = 7,612.5 tons

 8. A vessel of 10,000 tonnes

displacement has a KG of 8.00 meters
and KM of 9.78. Find GM if weight of 20
tonnes is removed 10 meters vertically
above the base line.
Ans. 1.784 m

 9. A vessel of 10,000 tonnes

displacement has a KG of 8.29 meters
and KM of 9.78. Find GM if weight of 20
tons is added 10 meters vertically above
the base line.
Ans. 1.487 m

 10. A vessel of 8,000 tonnes

displacement has a KG of 7.00 meters
and KM of 9.78. Find GM if weight of 20
tons is added 10 meters vertically above
the base line.
Ans. 2.773 m

 11. A vessel of 8,000 tons displacement

has a KG of 7.00 meters and KM of 9.78.
Find GM if weight of 20 tons is removed
10 meters vertically above the base line.
Ans. 2.805 m

 12. A ship is floating in salt water on an

even keel at 6 meters draft. TPC is 20
tonnes. A rectangular-shaped
compartment amidships is 20 meters
long, 10 meters wide, and 4 meters deep.
The compartment contains cargo with
permeability 25 percent. Find the new
draft if this compartment is bilged.
Ans. 6.1025 meters

 13. A box-ship of 75m long x 10m wide x

6m deep is floating in salt water on an
even keel at a draft of 4.5 meters. Find
the new drafts (final drafts) if a forward
compartment 5 meters long is now
bilged.
Ans.

A= 3.788 meters; F=6.002 meters

 14. A box-ship of 75m long x 10m wide x

6m deep is floating in salt water on an
even keel at a draft of 4.5 meters. Find
the Change of Trim if a forward
compartment 5 meters long is now
bilged.
Ans.

221.4 cm by the head

 15. A box-ship floats upright on an even

keel in a fresh water and the center of
buoyancy is 0.50 meter above the keel.
Find the KB when she floating in salt
water.

Ans. 0.488 m