OK, about "listing" applied to ships. In WWII the Queen Elisabeth was made into a troop ship and during one trip from USA to UK, carrying US troops, she was caught in bad weather and listed -- as I recall -- five degrees MORE than the specs said she could without turning turtle then righted.
I tried the Net for info on the incident but gave up after an hour. Arrgghhh!
I even went through all my notes re WWII incidents and couldn't find it. Double Arrrggghhh!
The upshot being that a ship can indeed list way over and not sink.
If anyone has a link I'd be most grateful.
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