Which vulnerability increased susceptibility of the 18th-century wooden warships to capsize during heavy broadsides?

💡 Explanation

When dry rot weakened hull planks, structural integrity diminished because decomposition reduced wood density. Successive broadsides then could cause catastrophic hull failure and water ingress, quickly leading to instability and capsize. Therefore hull-weakening from rot results, rather than destabilization, shifting, or recoil, each involving distinct mechanisms.

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