In 1883, the world’s …rst privately owned towing tank, the Denny tank as shown in …gure 1.3 too, was built at Dumbarton in Scotland, using the original design of Froude’s tank in Torquay. The Denny tank - with dimensions 93.00 x 6.80 x 2.75 meter - was closed in
1983, but it was re-opened in 1986 under the umbrella of the Scottish Maritime Museum. The tank testing and museum parts are separate. Since 1989, the tank testing facility operatesunder themanagement of StrathclydeUniversity’s Departmentof Ship and Marine Technology