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Chapter 14 Up to this point it has been conveniently assumed that at the instant of an ordered course change the vessel came immediately to the new course, and that when a new speed was ordered, the ship attained that speed instantly. Such, of course, is not the case in "real life." To increase or decrease speed by 10 knots may require twenty minutes or more before the new speed is attained, depending on the size of the vessel, her initial speed, and the flexibility of the engineering
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