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Draft Survey Calculation 1

This document contains a draft survey calculation sheet used to calculate key metrics related to a ship's draft, displacement, trim, and weight. The sheet includes sections to record the draft at the bow and stern, mean drafts at various points, displacement, trim corrections, weight of consumables and ballast, corrected displacement, light ship weight, and calculated cargo weight. It also has spaces to record the initial and final values.

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Draft Survey Calculation 1

This document contains a draft survey calculation sheet used to calculate key metrics related to a ship's draft, displacement, trim, and weight. The sheet includes sections to record the draft at the bow and stern, mean drafts at various points, displacement, trim corrections, weight of consumables and ballast, corrected displacement, light ship weight, and calculated cargo weight. It also has spaces to record the initial and final values.

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Draft Survey calculation sheet

Date
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1a
Draft forward
1b
Draft aft mean
1c = 1a + 1b / 2
Draft fore & aft mean
2a
Draft midship PS
2b
Draft midship SB
2c = 2a + 2b / 2
Draft midship mean
3 = 1c + 2c / 2
Draft mean for means
4
Draft corr. for deformation
5 (at draft 4)
Displacement at sg 1.025
Trim bow / stern
Trim in cm
LCF
LBP
TPC (t/cm)
MTCT Diff
Density
6
Trim correction 1
7
Trim correction 2
8
Correction for Density
Consumable weights
HFO
GO
LUB
Fresh water
Ballast
Constant/Others
9
Total known weights
10 = 5 + 6 + 7 - 8 Corrected displacement
11
Light ship
12 = 10 9 11
Cargo weight total

Initial

Final

Cargo loaded/discharged =

Before these symbols were made compulsory, many ships were lost due to overloading. Sometimes they
were deliberately overloaded in the hope of collecting insurance money. Ships carrying emigrants from
Europe to America were also lost. The British social reformer and politician Samuel Plimsoll advocated
improved safety standards, particularly at sea, and the mark bears his name in his honor.
The letters on the Load line marks have the following meanings:

TF - Tropical Fresh Water

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F - Fresh Water

T - Tropical Seawater

S - Summer Seawater

W - Winter Seawater

WNA - Winter North Atlantic

Letters may also appear to the sides of the mark indicating the classification society that has surveyed the
vessel's load line. The initials used include AB for the American Bureau of Shipping, LR for Lloyd's Register,
and NV for Det Norske Veritas.
These season and zone marks are used to ensure adequate reserve buoyancy for the intended area of
operation. Ships encounter rougher conditions in winter as opposed to summer, and in the North Atlantic as
opposed to tropical waters, for example. A copy of a zone-chart must be on board in order to assure that the
vessel is not overloaded.
Fresh water marks make allowance for the fact that the ship will float deeper in fresh water.

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