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Admiralty Constant - Delivered Power

Delivered-power estimate at a new speed using the Admiralty constant derived from trial data - the classical scale-up for preliminary design.

PowerAdmiraltyResistance
Delivered power
8,444kW
Formula, assumptions, and limits

Admiralty constant C typically 400–530 for merchant hulls, 300–400 for high-block tankers. Degrades with hull fouling - trend C over time for monitoring.

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
Displacementtloading computer
Speed through waterknlog / GPS
Admiralty constant - sea trial