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Q4. A ship of displacement 6600 tonne in sea water of density of 1025 kg/m³ has a breadth of 16 m and a draught of 5.6 m.

The area of waterplane is 1600 m², KB is 3.4 m, KG is 5.1 m and the second moment of area of the waterplane about the centreline is 23180 m⁴.

A rectangular wing tank of length 12 m and breadth 4 m is situated above a double bottom of depth 1.2 m as shown in Fig Q4.

Calculate the angle of heel that would occur if the wing tank were bilged. (16)