Within a 1790s-era square-rigged ship, what risk increased when dissimilar metals contacted seawater?

💡 Explanation

The risk of structural failure increases because, given variable electrochemical potential with sea water as an electrolytic solution, galvanic corrosion accelerates the oxidation of the more anodic metal, therefore hull integrity decays, rather than improving because other hull damage is unrelated.

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