Following prolonged cannon fire on a 1700s era wooden ship, which outcome eventually occurs due to cyclic stress?

💡 Explanation

Repeated localized stress yields fatigue cracking which weakens the wood because the ship experiences high cyclical loading by weapon recoil. Therefore, fatigue is correctly identified rather than a single impact rupture, because the long term nature is specified.

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