Which consequence results when chronometer accuracy degrades during a long sea voyage, before the implementation of radio time checks?

💡 Explanation

Increased longitude error follows if chronometer accuracy declines during navigation because celestial navigation relies critically on accurate timekeeping to calculate the angle of Greenwich at the time of observation; therefore positional accuracy degrades, rather than impacting hull integrity directly.

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