... architecture is art and science.Basically, naval architecture is concerned with ship safety, ship performanceand ship geometry, although these are not exclusive divisions.With ship safety, the naval ... merchant ship design (see Chapter 16).Specialization applies equally to warships. Basically, the warship is designedto meet a country's defence policy. Because the design and building of warshipstakes ... shipbuilding, merchant ship design and ship safety are the classi®cation societies. Among the mostdominant are Lloyd's Register of Shipping, det Norske Veritas, the AmericanBureau of Shipping,...