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It also requires a changing and locker room for engine room personnel. [7] Article 10 requires that, with some exceptions, headroom in crew accommodation spaces may not be less than 198 cm or 6 feet 6 inches. [8] Article 11 is concerned with lighting. [9] It requires that crew accommodation spaces be properly lighted. [9]
The captain or master is the ship's highest responsible officer, acting on behalf of the ship's owner. Whether the captain is a member of the deck department or not is a matter of some controversy, and generally depends on the opinion of an individual captain. When a ship has a third mate, the captain does not stand watch.
Engine room artificer (ERA) is a specialised position in the crews of naval vessels – especially those of the British Royal Navy (RN) and other Commonwealth navies. An ERA is usually a fitter and turner , boilermaker, coppersmith or enginesmith .
The crew of the lifeboat were concerned to see that only a small section of the ship was showing above the heavy seas. The crew were also concerned that they could see no sign that the crew were still alive and on board the Hopelyn. Equally coxswain Fleming had no reason to assume that the crew had perished or left the ship.
Victory at Sea is a hardback book that contains a set of wargame rules used to simulate naval combat during World War II using 1/1800 scale. [1] The rules, both basic and advanced, take up about 20% of the 206-page book. [1] Other sections contain scenarios, longer campaigns, lists of ships, and illustrations of ship counters.
Model ships have long been used for wargaming, but it was the introduction of elaborate rules in the early 20th century that made the hobby more popular. Small miniature ships, often in 1:1200 scale and 1:1250 scale, were manoeuvred on large playing surfaces to recreate historical battles. These models were basic representations of ship types ...
MV Aurora, completed in 2000, one of the first British based cruise ships to feature a magrodome. [citation needed] Queen Mary 2, completed in 2003, the world's largest ocean liner, has a magrodome over the Pavilion Pool and Bar. Ms Birka Stockholm, completed in 2004, has a winter garden with a pool and artificial sun.
USS Pioneer (MCM-9), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and is the ninth ship of the class, and the second Navy ship of that name. Pioneer was laid down by Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on 5 June 1989. Mrs. Sally McGuire Tobin christened the ship on 25 August 1990.