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Vehicle deck: aboard amphibious assault ships the deck or decks used to carry vehicles, aboard civilian ferries and other commercial vessels a deck used for a similar purpose. Weather deck: (a) Any deck exposed to the outside. [9] (b) The windward side-decks. Well deck: (a) An exposed deck (weather deck) lower than decks fore and aft. [10]
Below: a lower deck of the ship. [1] Belowdecks: inside or into a ship, or down to a lower deck. [12] Bilge: the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides [13] Bottom: the lowest part of the ship's hull. Bow: front of a ship (opposite of "stern") [1]
18th century warship cross section, the orlop deck highlighted in red The orlop of the Swedish 17th century warship Vasa looking toward the bow. The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships), immediately above the hold. It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. [1]
The upper deck is called the main deck or weather deck, and the next lower deck is the tweendeck. Cargo such as bales, bags, or drums can be stacked in the tweendeck space, atop the tweendeck. Beneath the tweendeck is the hold space, used for general cargo.
Traditional lower-deck slang term for the Royal Navy. anemometer An instrument used to measure wind speed. aneroid barometer An instrument used to measure air pressure, often with the aim of predicting changes in weather. angle of attack The angle between the apparent wind and the chord line of the sail. angle on the bow
Ships have had holds for centuries; an alternative way to carry cargo is in standardized shipping containers, which may be loaded into appropriate holds or carried on deck. [1] [2] Holds in older ships were below the orlop deck, the lower part of the interior of a ship's hull, especially when considered as storage space, as for cargo. In later ...
main deck The uppermost continuous deck extending from bow to stern. mainbrace Either of the braces attached to the yard of the mainsail (the largest and lowest sail on the mainmast) on a square-rigged vessel. mainmast. Also simply main. 1. The tallest mast on a ship [1] with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-rigged ship. 2.
Hull form lines, lengthwise and in cross-section. A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck.