William Froude (November 28, 1810 in Devon [2] – May 4, 1879 in Simon’s Town, South Africa) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships (such as the hull speed equation) and for predicting their stability.
His birth will be remembered at his grave in Simon’s Town on 27th November 2020by the SAIMENA Cape Branch together with the learners from the Lawhill School.
Here is a short extract of the opening of one of his papers from 1861.
The full paper is available here:
On the Rolling of Ships Froude 1861
Happy reading.
Past event – SAIMENA CAPE BRANCH ANNUAL LUNCHEON 2019
Past event – SAIMENA Cape Branch – Site visit to One Eighty Engineering 25 July 2019
Past event – SAIMENA Durban Branch Technical Paper 3rd July 2019 – the development of the Carrousel RAVE Tug
Past event – SAIMENA Cape Branch Technical Paper 27 June 2019 – Anti-Fouling Paint and Dry Dock Reporting
WANTED: Work/ Job Shadow opportunities in Cape Town for Grade 11 maritime students
South Africa to remain on IMO STCW Convention ‘White List’: SAMSA
According to SAMSA acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sobantu Tilayi, the withdrawal of the threat occurred following to discussions between SAMSA, other Member States of the IMO and the organization during a meeting in London, a week ago.
Past event – SAIMENA Durban Branch joint meeting 4 June 2019 – “OCEANOS: COULD WE REPEAT SUCH AN EPIC RESCUE?”
The Chairmen and Committees of the Durban branches of :
Society of Master Mariners SA, South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects, and the Nautical Institute,
invite you to join them for a luncheon at which
Andrew Pike, Head of Ports, Transport and Logistics at Bowmans
will speak on
“OCEANOS: COULD WE REPEAT SUCH AN EPIC RESCUE?”
past event – SAIMENA Cape Branch Golf Day 2019 results
past event – SAIMENA Durban Branch Technical Paper to be presented on 27th March
Review of Costa Concordia Incident
Dear Sirs, Briefly, I have made a study of the Costa Concordia case for the last year and have now a paper of 150 pages on the subject. On Monday last I gave a presentation to the combined marine institutes in London and resulting from that, the overwhelming opinion was that there was a gross miscarriage of justice by the imprisonment of the Captain for manslaughter based on the delay to call muster stations directly.
Captain Michael Lloyd,
RD**,MNM, CCMar, FNI, RNR.
https://youtu.be/kMlOwfNyzC0?list=UUoQbQE-aEhVBywNRB-XsHOQ