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"Forecastle", also spelled fo'c'sle (pronounced /'fəʊksəl/), originally meant the upper deck of a sailing ship, forward of the foremast. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 464 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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Grand Turk, at anchor in Oostende, Belgium The Grand Turk is a three-masted 6th rate frigate, well known as the from the TV series Hornblower (and also as the French ship Papillon). ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1018 KB) Summary Prince Williams focsle, close-hauled while crossing the North Sea. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1018 KB) Summary Prince Williams focsle, close-hauled while crossing the North Sea. ...
Prince William alongside in Fredrikstad at the end of the Tall Ships Race 2005. ...
Square rig is a generic type of sailing vessel in which the main horizontal spars are perpendicular to the keel of the ship. ...
The symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet can be used to show pronounciation in English. ...
A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1] of a ship. ...
Traditional wooden cutter under sail. ...
Description The forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters is also called forecastle. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors (as opposed to a ship's officers).
The term "forecastle" relates to Medieval shipbuilding, where ships of war were usually equipped with a tall, multi-deck castle-like structure in the bows of the ship which served as a platform for archers to shoot down on enemy ships and could also be used as a defensive stronghold if the ship was boarded. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ...
The bow is the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat: the point that is ahead when the vessel is underway. ...
A similar but usually much larger structure was at the aft end of the ship, often stretching all the way from the main mast to the stern. mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
Aft of the Soleil Royal, by Jean Bérain the Elder. ...
Having such tall upper works on the ship was of course detrimental to sailing performance. As cannons were introduced and gunfire replaced boarding as the primary means of naval combat during the 16th century, the medieval forecastle was no longer needed, and later ships such as the galleon had only a low, one-deck high forecastle. For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ...
A Spanish galleon. ...
In addition to crew's quarters, the forecastle may contain essential machinery such as the anchor windlass. On many modern US Naval ships (such as aircraft carriers), the forecastle is the location where boatswain will display their fancy knotwork such as coxcombing. An anchor windlass within the forecastle on the main deck of the sailing ship Balclutha. ...
The boatswain on a modern merchant ship supervising cargo operations. ...
Some sailing ships and many modern (non-sail) ships have no forecastle as such at all but the name is still being used to indicate the foremost part of the upper deck (although often called the foredeck) and for any crews quarters in the bow of the ship, even if below the main deck.
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