Originally posted by doodinthemood this is going to be horrible, but I just can't resist:
10,001 tonnes.
Doesn't it depend on the size of the container? By this i mean, take a sea that is 100 miles in diameter, the amount of water would be massively greater that if the sea was 50 miles in diameter...
Originally posted by doodinthemood a drop of water. If your thing is very VERY small and there's no way for that water to get out.
precisely correct. Calculate the area of 1 molecular layer of water and put the battleship into a container of the exact shape as the battleship that is 1 water molecule breadth larger. the exact dimensions aren't the point, the point is that it's the container that counts.