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← HistoryWhich risk increased notably in 18th-century British Royal Navy ships lacking duplicate chronometers?
A)Inability to maintain stellar navigation
B)Significant errors estimating longitude✓
C)Inaccurate measurement of prevailing winds
D)Loss of real time communication ashore
💡 Explanation
Faulty or single chronometers impacted navigational accuracy, because the mechanism of time keeping directly translates to longitudinal positioning at sea; therefore positional errors grew substantially, rather than directly affecting wind measurements or stellar navigation, which rely on independent systems.
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