Trans RINA, Vol 152, Part A2, Intl J Maritime Eng, Apr-Jun 2010


Fast craft papers by A Bailey & N Warren of Fairy Brook Marine in 2003 on “Aircrew Training Vessels” and the proposal to rescue RO-Pax ferry personnel by “Fast Rescue Boats” by R Steen (2005) of Landsort in Sweden neatly lead on, in the next paragraph, to the many forms.


papers addressing unconventional high speed


The first of the unconventional craft papers was P Crewe & W Eggington’s 1960 “The Hovercraft – a New Concept in Maritime Transport”, followed


by A


Bingham’s “Hovercraft ferry” in 1964, and then in 1976 R Wheeler’s “An Appraisal of Present & Future Large Commercial Hovercraft”, which proved a false dawn due to the oil price rises. In 1965 R Lacey presented a “Progress report on Hydrofoil Ships” with J Inman & K Fisher’s “Canadian Hydrofoil Programme” in 1966 and in 1971 “Bras d’Or – 200t Open Ocean Hydrofoil Ship” by M Eames & E Jones of DREA, also from Canada. Multihulls appear with H Parnham et al’s paper in 1968 on “Class “C” Racing Catamarans”, then E Corlett’s 1969 “Twin Hull Ships”, followed by in 1983 by G Smith of


Glasgow University’s “Design and


Hydrodynamic performance of Small Semi Submersible SWATH Research Vessel”, T Yoshida et al of Tokyo University in 2000 “the CS-Swath as a Trans Ocean High Speed Ship” and 2001 D Winters et al on “Borgland Dolphin- Creation of a Modern Semi Submersible Drilling Ship”, showing extremes of possible usage of this seakeeping optimised multi-hull form. D R Pattison and J Zhang of University College London (UCL) in 1995 introduced the, then,


new configuration of


“Trimaran Ships”. Earlier in 1984 D R Pattison had presented the “Design of a Sailing Hydrofoil –FORCE 8”, while in the same year R Wheeler read the paper “Design development & trials of AP 188 Hovercraft” as a diesel powered response to rising fuel costs for high speed craft. The pleasure craft market was reflected in 2001 by J Guiton’s “Seaworthy ‘Planing’ Cruiser/Racer” and high speed and unconventional reviews started with A Silverleaf & F Cook’s 1970 presentation of, largely, hydrodynamic performance curves in “Comparison of Some Features of High Speed Marine Craft”. This was followed by M Eames 1981 paper reporting on the NATO design studies of Advanced Naval Vessels entitled ”Advances in Naval Architecture for Future Surface Warships” and a further Canadian paper in 1982, specifically on design methods applicable to SWATHs, by W Nethercote & R Schmitke “A Concept Exploration Model for Swath Ships”.


4.6. SPECIFIC DESIGN ISSUES


This set of papers seems to have started, after World War II, with concerns over cargo handling and economics and has broadened considerably over the five decades. Sir S MacTier”s 1963 “Deep Sea Cargo Liner Design - A Commercial Reassessment” dealt with cargo handling, as did the following year’s “Cargo Handling and its Effect on Dry Cargo Ship Design “ by A Hopper et al as,


indeed, did the 1972 paper by R Bennett “Recent developments in the Design and Operation of Fishing Vessels”, since the latter was largely concerned with catch handling. “Economics Criteria for Optimal Ship Design” by R Goss in 1965 led to several related papers; by A Gilfillian in 1969 “Economic Design of Bulk Cargo Carriers” , then K Fisher in 1972 “Economic Optimisation Procedure in Preliminary Ship


Design


(Applied to Australian Ore Trade)” and 1974 “Relative Cost of Ship Design Parameters” and I Buxton’s paper in 1972 on “Engineering Economics Applied to Ship Design”, which was notable for introducing the Design Spiral, Discounted Cash Flow and optimal sizes for given speeds. J Carryette in 1978 with “Preliminary Ship Cost Estimation” provided valuable design data in a sensitive area and K Rawson’s 1973 “Towards Economic Warship Acquisition & Ownership” presented a naval economic perspective. All of these economics focused papers, in part, reflected back to a day of papers read in 1965, and recorded in


the Transactions as being on “Ship


Maintenance & Associated Design Problems” which dealt separately with RN ships, passenger ships, cargo liners, cross channel vessels and oil tankers. A recent paper (2008) by M Bairman et al “Cost & Energy Assessment of a High Speed Ship” further extends economics to include current environmental concerns.


Accommodation has been a recurring theme: J Church in 1961 dealt


Accommodation Cargo Vessels


rather specifically with “Crew for Dry


having


Propelling Machinery Installed Aft”, M Meek & N Ward (an architect) in 1973 on “Accommodation in Ships” put the case for a more thoughtful approach to ‘internal architecture’ of cabins and public spaces, J Cain & M Hatfield in 1979 in “New Concepts in design of Shipboard Accommodation & Working Spaces” reflected VLCCs & Containerships with high isolated deckhouses, while the same issues of improved living standards for seafarers was highlighted for the naval sector in 1988 by H Ware’s “Habitability in Surface Warships” and a recent 2008 personnel movement simulation based vision was given by D Andrews et al of UCL and Greenwich University, entitled ”Integrating Personnel Movement Simulation in Preliminary Ship Design”. Electronics was specifically addressed in 1982 by P Gates & S Rusling’s “Impact of Weapon Electronics on Surface Warship Design” and by E Harding et al, in “Micro Electronics in Operation Design and Construction of Merchant Ships” and again by Gates, in 1986, in a paper entitled “Cellularity: An Advanced Weapon Electrical Integration Technique”.


G Wilkinson in 1971 addressed


“Wheelhouse and Bridge Design – A Shipbuilder’s Appraisal” with a comprehensive exposition including a discussion from a joint reading with the Institute if Navigation, while a more specialist topic was H Tabb’s 1975 “Escape from Submarines – A Short Historical Review of Policy and Equipment in the Royal Navy”. Two recent papers address the application of new techniques to long standing issues impacting on ship design:


in 2005 P Kulkarni et al of IIT New Delhi’s


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