Which risk increased as eighteenth-century shipbuilding scaled up production using frame-first construction methods?

💡 Explanation

When frame-first construction expedited building through pre-assembly, poor ventilation within the closed hull during fitting increased condensation build-up, fostering fungal growth and accelerating timber decay via dry rot. Therefore increased dry rot susceptibility resulted, rather than reduced hull strength, increased warpage or diminished redundancy which involve different structural issues.

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