TWO-BOW SHIP EQUIPPED WITH TURNING TYPE THRUSTER

摘要

PURPOSE: To provided a two-bow ship improved further in the propelling efficiency by substituting a pod portion of a turning type thruster of a resistance element for a bulb bow. CONSTITUTION: In a two-bow ship provided on the stern with a turn type thruster 3 of a main propeller having a pod for drivably supporting a propeller 12, the turn type thruster 3 located on the bow side with reference to the sailing direction of a ship is disposed such that the pod 12 is located in the upstream. The pod 12 itself of the turn type thruster 3 is operated as a substitute for a bulb bow or a tear drop-shaped bulb 17 attached to a pod 12 is adapted to work as a substitute for the bulb bow.