[@WrongEndoftheRainbow]To be honest for me it sounded more like messing with time slightly but inconsistently thus each part of a ship's body would be resonating/moving at a different rate which increases structural stress and likely strains the frame enough to usually break it apart.

Imagine a propeller where the top part moves twice as fast as its angular velocity should dictate. That means it effectively tries to break apart at the point where the two inconsistent velocities meet. Basically that's the same as using force to break it off yet you don't and its extend depends on the weight and original momentum of the object.

Basically without something to block this your only defense is to make your ships as strudy as possible. And not against impacts or impulse energy transfer. But making it engineered as enduring of extremes as possible.