TY  - BOOK
AU  - ZHANG Xianku
TI  - Researches on the Williamson Turn for Very Large Carriers
PY  - 2013///
KW  - MARINE SAFETY
KW  - SEARCH AND RESCUE
KW  - WILLIAMSON TURN
N2  - The Williamson Turn is the standard method for turning a ship round to retrace its own wake to rescue a person who has gone overboard. However it does not work with VLC vessels (over 190000 dwt). This article describes with calculations a variation to the procedure which could be used by VLCs. A table provides data for eight different size vessels used in the research
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