Which mechanism limited early 18th-century warships from maintaining high speed in heavy seas?

💡 Explanation

Torsional flexing occurs because long wooden keels of early warships lacked rigidity; therefore, as waves flexed the hull, speed was reduced rather than by sail wetting, hull deformation or mast support fatigue.

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