1. One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a ship at sea is a fire. It’s more dangerous than colliding with another vessel or a pier, enemy rounds or torpedos striking a vessel, violent storms, high winds and heavy seas, sandbars, reefs, rocks/icebergs.
2. In ship and shipping jargon, one does not say that a ship “weighs” a particular amount, one says that a ship displaces water at a particular amount. For instance, that freighter displaces water at 110 tons.
