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A
side elevation of a vessel featuring its salient features:
| Anchor |
Implement
by which a ship is rendered stationary
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| Bridge |
Navigating
center of a ship
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| Cabin |
Passenger
compartment of an aircraft ; standard
bedroom
(berth)
on a ship; a small , isolated building
for rent to
travelers.
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| Deep
tank |
A
tank fitted and equipped for the
carriage of vegetable oil
(e.g.
palm oil and coconut oil ) and other
liquids in bulk on a
vessel.
By means of oil tight bulkheads and/or
decks, it is
possible
to carry different kinds of liquid
in adjacent tanks.
Deep
tanks may be equipped with heating
facilities in order
to
carry and discharge oil at
the required temperature.
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| Derrick |
Ships
lifting apparatus |
| Double
Bottom |
Series
of tanks above the keel of the vessel to
afford improved
construction
rigidity and providing tanks for fuel
oil,
freshwater
or water ballast in a ship.
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| Draught |
The
depth from the waterline to the
vessel’s bottom |
| Forecastle |
Forward
part of a vessel where stores, ropes and
anchor
chains
are located
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| Freeboard |
The
measured distance vertically amidships
between the main
load line of a ship and the deck
line (free board deck of
ship-main
deck in a single tween deck, and shelter
deck in a
shelter
deck ship ). The amount of free
board assigned is such
that
the ship, when loaded down to her
load line, possesses
sufficient
reserve buoyancy in the portion of
the hull and the
erections
above the waterline to ensure a
satisfactory margin
of
safety
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| Funnel |
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| Gear |
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| Hatches |
The
opening in the deck(s) of general cargo
and bulk cargo
vessels
to allow loading and discharge of cargo.
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| Jumbo
derrick |
Ship’s
derrick with high lifting capacity
provided for heavy lifts |
| Keel |
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| Lifeboat |
A
boat carried by a ship for use in an
emergency or land based
at
a life boat station.
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| Poop |
Raised
deck at the stern of a vessel. |
| Propeller |
A
means of propelling a vessel through the
water |
| Rudder |
The
directional control of the vessel. |
| Shaft
tunnel |
Accommodation
housing the propeller
shaft linking the
propeller
with the machinery (engine) in a vessel.
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| Steering |
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| Stores |
Provisions
and supplies on board a vessel required
for
running
a ship.
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| Winches |
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