Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: richald on September 14, 2013, 10:19:28 am

Title: Another Unusual Ship!
Post by: richald on September 14, 2013, 10:19:28 am
saw this on the BBC news website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23726350 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23726350)

Quote : -

The Oblique Icebreaker NB 508, made by the Arctic ship builder Arctech,
will become the first of its kind to travel sideways through the ice rather
than pound it head-on, cutting a channel as much as 30% wider than
conventional icebreakers can manage.


Richard