User talk:Bobblewik/units of speed

units of speed

In tables like that for USS Norman Scott (DD-690), I don't really think it's necessary to put the metric equivalent for the assumed speed in the range--it's just a figure of merit, and anyone can see that the assumed speed is almost half the max speed, which is the line above, and which is converted. It's certainly wrong to do it to two significant figures, i.e. 15 knots ~~> 30 km/h.

Also, converting weapons calibers is tricky, since the English-unit values aren't necessarily precise to the millimetre. —wwoods 09:31, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Units of speed for ships

About measures in the Sven Foyn article.
One thing is "kW" for horsepower, another is "km/h" for knots. This is an article about a person that lived and died a hundred years ago, and the measures you use were not used at that time. When it comes to "km/h" at sea, its still not used. Ulflarsen 23:22, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback. The question of metric units in ship articles is quite a big one. I have taken the liberty of raising the issue at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships#Are_metric_measures_not_permitted.3F. Bobblewik (talk) 10:00, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]