Displacement (ship)

Displacement or displacement tonnage is the weight of water that a ship pushes aside when it is floating, which in turn is the weight of a ship (and its contents). It is usually applied to naval vessels rather than commercial ones, and is measured when the ship's fuel tanks are full and all stores are aboard.[1][2] Merchant vessels use other measures such as net tonnage, gross tonnage, or deadweight tonnage.

References

  1. ↑ Dear and Kemp, 2006, p.588
  2. ↑ George, 2005, p. 68.


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