Stability is the tendency of a vessel to rotate one way or the other when forcibly inclined.
Stability can be broken down into several categories, each of which are alternatively emphasized in designing and operating Navy and Coast Guard ships. The work done in heeling a ship to a given angle of heel. If the cube of steel is placed in water it sinks. There is not enough displaced volume for the forces of buoyancy to act upon. If the ship s hull is placed in the water it will float.