MCA SQA OOW 034-84 Stability And Operations Practice Questions - MCA SQA Officer Of The Watch Unlimited Paper 034-84 - Stability And Operations Exam

According to Archimedes’ principle and the law of flotation, a freely floating ship will float so that:

The mass of water displaced equals the total mass of the ship, and the centre of buoyancy is vertically aligned with the centre of gravity when upright The volume of the hull above the waterline equals the volume below the waterline The freeboard is always exactly half the moulded depth The ship’s KG is always equal to its KM

Correct Answer:

The mass of water displaced equals the total mass of the ship, and the centre of buoyancy is vertically aligned with the centre of gravity when upright

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