Does a ship sitting on the ocean floor have a buoyant force on it?

Question

Does a ship sitting on the ocean floor have a buoyant force on it?

Answer 1

Sorry no buoyancy, plus if you put a scale under the ship it probably weighs more, think water pressure.

Answer 2

Buoyancy is defined as weighing less that the water the object displaces. When an object weighs more, it sinks. A sunken object has lost all buoyancy by definition. It might be noted that objects on the bottom of the ocean actually compress the bottom in many cases and further sink into the sea bed.

Answer 3

Nope, I ship floats only because it weighs less than the water that it displaces. The answer above deals witht the difference of specific gravity between metal and water.

Answer 4

no , wrecks are filled with water and have no buoyancy anymore

Answer 5

It does. If you had a scale under the ship, it would read less than if the ship were on dry land by the weight of the volume of water the ship displaced. Buoyancy doesn't just disappear because you touch bottom.

Answer 6

Not any more.  It's unbuoyant.