Talk:Stabilizer (ship)

Old questions
Does anyone know of the relative effectiveness of stabilizers? This would be an article I would love to see expanded if anyone knows more about it than I. Thanks! 16:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)Lazulilasher

Not too sure about "The bilge keel was an early 20th century predecessor although not as effective" Bilge keels have been around a long time and they operate as passive roll dampers, operating at all speeds. They are pretty effective at zero and low speeds whereas active fin stabilisers come into their own at speed. Subsea (talk) 18:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * 14 years have passed with no objections and no sources. I have removed the sentence. Викидим (talk) 08:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

I sailed on RMS Sylvania in 1957; her stabilizers (regarded as innovative on a liner at the time) imparted a curious, rather sick-making twist to her roll, so not very effective from a passenger's point of view. But of course that's OR! If I can fnd a good source I'll add something. --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 14:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

=¿What’s a “Gyrostabilizer”?= Since that article redirects here, and since that’s linked to at least the M-1 Sherman tank article, I’d kinda like to know. Without having to weed through the jungle.Trying To Make Wikipedia At Least Better Than The &#39;&#39;Weekly World News.&#39;&#39; (talk) 20:02, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like an incorrect wlink to me, I think it should direct to Gyroscope, and not to Stabilizer (ship). Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 07:02, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * And I didn’t do it.Trying To Make Wikipedia At Least Better Than The &#39;&#39;Weekly World News.&#39;&#39; (talk) 16:02, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 20:05, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

History gap
The history jumps from 1934 to 2010. Room for lots more material there! I sailed on RMS Sylvania in 1957 & her stabilizers were regarded as an innovation. Not my area of expertise--anyone have info? --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 14:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Filled part of the gap by the history of stabilizers in the British and US navies. Викидим (talk) 09:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Stabilizer (ship)
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Reference named "pnj20181024": From Floating landing platform: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin ship to be used for rocket landings docked at Port of Pensacola, Pensacola News Journal, 24 October 2018, accessed 4 November 2018. From Blue Origin landing platform ship:  

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