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Old 05-07-2023, 02:41 PM   #1216 (permalink)
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Random Hydrodynamic Oddity of the Day


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When one thinks of semisubmersible cargo craft, drug smugglers tend to be top of mind, but in the 19th Century it was coal and iron ore.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaleback

Built to withstand storms on the Great Lakes, they traversed the Atlantic and rounded Cape Horn. What torpedoed them (try the veal, I'm here all week) was the Depression of 1893.
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