The trimaran hull enables the ship to do 50 knots, then sneak up through the sand bars and unleash multiple helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ...

Measuring 25 meters, the unique vessel is said to be the first of its kind to feature a Trimonoran hull, a combination of a monohull and a trimaran hull shape. CNN values your feedback 1.

December 21, 2006 The U.S. Navy has approved funding for the construction of a second General Dynamics trimaran version of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) featuring an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull.

The trimaran-hull, Independence variant of the littoral class has proven successful for the Navy in contrast to the trouble-plagued, monohull Freedom variants built by Marinette Marine and based ...

Conceived by legendary naval architect Nigel Irens, the Ocean Eagle 43 is a descendent of his multi-hull designs, which dominated international sailboat racing for decades. Predecessors include an ...

The Gitana 18 trimaran will be launched this September and will include art work on the hull and sails prepared by the French Quistrebert brothers from Nantes.

Navies have flirted with exotic hull forms for decades, and the US Navy is producing Independence-class littoral combat ships with a wave-piercing trimaran hull form. Now the Chinese Navy seems to ...

The trimaran hull is to be held accountable for these high speeds, while it's overall shape allows it to reach rapid acceleration and turn tightly.

Compared to a trimaran hull form, lateral accelerations are lower, reducing g-loadings on the structure as well as the antennae and sensors on deck. The wide deck offers a large working area for ...

When creating the sharp yet wide trimaran hull, the designer was actually thinking about its functionality, as he wanted to incorporate a “courtyard,” and that’s why the Enterprise needed to ...