W/l
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- The correct title of this article is w/l. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
w/l, w.l. or wl is an abbreviation for waterline, and is used when describing the length of a ship. This term refers to the length of a vessel along the waterline. In a ship with raked stems, naturally this length changes as the draught of the ship changes, therefore it is measured from a defined loaded condition.
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[edit] External link
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/measurement.htm, with useful diagrams [1]
