Appendix Types of Boat Hulls

Flat bottom boat - These boats are generally less expensive to build and have a shallow draft (the part of the boat that's under the water). They can get up on plane easily but unless the water is very calm they tend to give a rough ride because of the flat bottom pounding on each wave. They also tend to be less stable and require careful balancing of cargo and crew. Examples of flat bottom boats might be Jon boats, small utility boats, and some high speed runabouts.

V-bottom boat - The V-bottom tends to have a sharper entry into the water which provides for a smoother ride in rough water. They do, however, require more power to achieve the same speed. Many runabouts use the V-bottom design.

Round bottom boat - These move easily through the water, especially at slow speeds. They do, however, tend to roll unless they are outfitted with a deep keel or stabilizers. Many trawlers, canoes and sailboats have round bottoms.

Multi-hull boat - Catamarans, trimarans, pontoon boats and some house boats use a multi-hull design. The wide stance provides greater stability. Each of the hulls may carry any of the above bottom designs.

Year

Ship

Dead

Disaster

1833

Lady of the Lake

215

Struck iceberg in N. Atlantic 

1852

Birkenhead

420

Wrecked off South Africa

1853

Annie Jane

348

Wrecked off Scotland

1854

City of Glasgow

399

Vanished out of Liverpool

1857

Central America

487

Sank on Cuba-New York run

1858

Austria

509

Burned in North Atlantic

1859

Pomona

388

Wrecked off Ireland

1865

Sultana

1653

Exploded on Mississippi R.

1867

58 vessels

1000

Hurricane in West Indies

1873

Atlantic

300

Wrecked off Nova Scotia

1878

Princess Alice

640

Collided in Thames River

1891

Utopia

533

Collided at Gibraltar

1895

Keind Kcyenta

402

Foundered near Gibraltar

1898

La Bourgoyne and Cromarty shire

561

Collided off Nova Scotia

1904

General Slocum 

1030

Burned in East River, N.Y.

1904

Naye

651

Wrecked off Scotland

1912

Titanic

1501

Struck iceberg in N. Atlantic 

1914

Empress of Ireland

1029

Collided in St. Lawrence R.

1915

Eastland

812

Overturned in Chicago

1917

Mont Blanc

1635

Exploded in Halifax Harbour

1931

St. Fhilibert

368

Overturned off France

1942

Curacao

335

Collided off Ireland

1948

Kiangya

1100

Exploded in China Sea

1956

Andrea Doria

46

Collided off Massachusetts  coast; 1,660 rescued

1958

Uskudar

361

Capsized off Turkey

1963

Thresher

129

Nuclear submarine sank in Norlh Atlantic

1970

Mamyomi-Ho

308

Sank off South Korea

1981

Tampomus II

500

Burned and sank in Java Sea

1983

Tenth of Ramadan

357

Burned in lake Nasser, Egypt

1986

Admiral Nakhimov

398

Collided in Black Sea

1987

Maria

390

Sank in Luapula River, Zambia

1987

Dona Paz

1840

Collided near Philippines

1991

Salem Express

475

Struck coral reef near Egypt

1993

Neptune

800

Capsized off Haiti

1994

Estonia

850

Sank off southwest Finland

2000

Kursk

118

Nuclear submarine exploded in Barents Sea