Improvements in the Hulls of Vessels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
Improvements in the Hulls of Vessels.
MARK GOLINSKY Master Mariner a citizen of the United States of America
residing at County of St. George Town of St. George Bermuda do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
It is the object of my invention to provide an improved form of hull for marine
vessels, whereby their speed and steadiness will be increased. The improvement is
applicable to passenger and freight vessels, as well as to those specially intended
for use as transports or for defence, in case of war.
According to my invention, the bow or front portion of the hull presents in plan
view the form of an arrow-head, the body or part of the hull in rear of such bow
being at any point of less width than the widest portion of the bow.
The screws or other propelling media are located in the angles of the arrow-head
bow and body of the hull.
In accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a plan view of a vessel's hull, having substantially the form 1 have
adopted; and
Figure 2. is a side view of the same.
As shown, the bow A, of the hull has the shape of an arrow-head, the breadth
or beam of the same increasing from the stem a, rearward until it attains a
maximum at b, and then it abruptly narrows laterally, thus forming relatively wide
offsets or shoulders behind which propellers c, are located.
The extreme beam or width of the bow, A, at its rear extremity b, is thus greater
than the body or after portion, B, of the hull at any point; and, as related to the
whole length of the hull, the arrow-head bow, A, is about one-third the reduced
body B. of the same constituting the remaining two thirds of such length. Hence
the distinctive feature of my improved hull is that, as a whole, it is of the
arrow type, and that the maximum beam is at a point forward of the midship
section.
Any preferred kind or form of propelling agent, C, may be employed, and, being
directly in rear of the lateral offsets or shoulders b, on both starboard and port sides,
they are well protected from contact with any object, either when the vessel is in
motion or lying at the dock, besides being placed at points where they have most
effective action in propulsion as well as in "lifting" the bow.
A propeller may be placed at the stern, so that the vessel may be effectively
steered without a rudder or turned rapidly in a very narrow circle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. A hull for marine vessels, having a bow which is of the arrow type or form,
and whose maximum width or beam is at the rear extremity of the bow and forward
of the midship section substantially as shown and described.
2. A hull for marine vessels having an arrow shape as shown, that is to say the
bow or front third of the length of the hull widening from the bow rearward and
having its greatest width at its junction with the body of the hull, which is narrower
at every point than the said bow, as shown and described.

page_text: 3. The combination, with a hull for a marine vessel, having its bow, of the
portion forward of the midship section, of arrow-head shape, and said bow forming
abrupt lateral offsets with the narrower after portion of the hull, of propellers
located behind such offsets in the angles of the latter with the midship section, as
shown and described.
MARK GOLINSKY.