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This video section should explain the basic elements of the different stability matters, and enable the user to: • Know the different abbreviations, terms and their meanings. • Know and understand a transverse section of a ship. • Know and understand a longitudinal section of a ship.
Marine Online. (2017, July 24). Ship stability. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/AvrHKPqL6Jk
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