> What an amazing sight. I've also got a book on the Queen Mary I , and > the section on launch dynamics is an amazing read - with details on > how they predict how far the ship would go - the load on different > parts of the hull as the stern floated and the bows were still on the > slip - and the extra strengthening structure built in for the launch > and then removed. > > Malcolm > -- I think at that time they got it wrong surprising often - quite a number of ships got damaged and IIRC the Normandie did about 18 knots backwards!
Sean
