SHIP SPEED MEASUREMENTS AND NAVIGATION

During bad weather, many ships' positions are estimated from the course and the distance run according to the ship's log. Systematic errors in these distances leads to inaccurate navigation. The possible causes of these errors, and a method of correcting for them, are described along with the results of the analysis of data collected from the log books of three fast cargo ships.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Fuel and Metallurgical Journals Limited

  John Adam House, John Adam Street
  London WC2N 6JH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Babbedge, N H
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 6-7
• Serial:
  • Safety at Sea International
  • Issue Number: 79
  • Publisher: DMG World Media, Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-0666

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dead reckoning; Speed measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Log errors
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Fuel and Metallurgical Journals Limited
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM