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A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. A ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats, dinghies, or runabouts. A rule of thumb saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat". Consequently submarines are referred to as "boats", because early submarines were small enough to be carried aboard a ship in transit to distant waters. Often local law and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of masts) which a boat requires to become a ship. Compare vessel. Image File history File links Tall_ship. ...
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A full rigged ship (a vessel with 3 or more masts, all square-rigged) is said to have a ship rig. ...
The Amerigo Vespucci The Amerigo Vespucci is a world-famous tall ship of the Marina Militare, named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. ...
New York Harbor is a geographic trem that refers collectively to the bays and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson and adjacent rivers in the vicinity of New York City. ...
A watercraft is a vehicle designed to float on and move across (or through) water for pleasure, physical exercise (in the case of many small boats), transporting people and/or goods, or military missions. ...
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Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ...
A runabout is a small motorized boat holding between four and eight people, well suited to moving about on the water. ...
A rule of thumb is an easily learned and easily applied procedure for approximately calculating or recalling some value, or for making some determination. ...
A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine German UC-1 class World War I submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
See also Portal:Law The stela of King Hammurabi depicts the god Shamash revealing a code of laws to the king. ...
mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
Vessel can refer to any of the following: Objects Vessel (French vaissel, from a rare Latin vascellum, diminuitive of vas, vase, or urn), a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain something. ...
During the age of sail, ship signified a ship-rigged vessel, that is, one with three or more masts, usually three, all square-rigged. Such a vessel would normally have one fore and aft sail on her aftermost mast which was usually the mizzen. Almost invariably she would also have a bowsprit but this was not part of the definition. The same economic pressures which increased sizes to the point of carrying four or five masts, also introduced the fore and aft rig to larger vessels, so few ship-rigged vessels were built with more than three masts. The five-masted Preussen was the outstanding example, but the big German ships and barques were built partly for prestige reasons. The age of sail is the period in which international trade and naval warfare were both dominated by sailing ships. ...
A full rigged ship (a vessel with 3 or more masts, all square-rigged) is said to have a ship rig. ...
Main-mast of a square-rigged ship, with all square sails set except the course. ...
Bowsprit of the Falls of Clyde, showing the dolphin striker, the use of chain for the bobstays, and three furled jibs. ...
The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages so that the form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish, was bark while that adopted by French , perhaps from Gaulish, was barge. ...
Prestige means good reputation or high esteem. ...
Nautical means related to sailors, particularly customs and practices at sea. Naval is the adjective pertaining to ships, though in common usage it has come to be more particularly associated with the noun 'navy'. This article is in need of attention. ...
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Shipboard terminology
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The complexity of ships, particularly of sailing ships, led to the development of a rich and various vocabulary. Many of the following terms link to more detailed discussions of nautical terminology. A list of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th-19th century. ...
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- Amidships - toward the middle of the vessel.
- Bow - strictly, one of the two curved structures where the hull broadens out from the stem (the pointed end). The bows is a term for the head of the vessel or front of the ship. Compare prow, a more poetical term for the ship's head.
- Stern - the after end of the ship.
- Aft - towards the stern when the relationship is within the ship.
- Astern beyond the stern where the relationship is outside the vessel.
- Starboard - the side of the ship which lies to the right when an observer within the ship faces forward.
- Port - the side of the ship which lies to the left when an observer within the ship faces forward. (A mnemonic to distinguish port and starboard notes that left and port both have four letters. Another incorporates the navigation light: Is there any red port left?)
- (Navigation) Bridge - A structure above the weather deck, extending the full width of the vessel, which houses a command centre, itself called by association, the bridge. A bridge usually extends a little beyond the ship's side to enable observation of boats alongside, or the proximity of a dock or lock gate; these projections are called bridge wings. In big vessels, a docking bridge used to be found aft. (See Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember (1976) p.96). It enabled an officer to observe docking manoeuvres before giving orders. RMS Titanic had one but they have been superseded by Closed-circuit television cameras.
- Bulkheads - internal "walls" in a ship. Bulkheads are the vertical equivalent of decks. They have a structural function as well as dividing spaces. They serve to prevent collapse of the hull under stress, to maintain stability(remain afloat on water by sub-division method,Naval architecture), in the event of flooding and damage, and to contain fire. Many bulkheads feature watertight doors which, in the case of certain types of ships, the crew may close remotely. An internal "wall" that is not load-bearing is usually referred to as a "partition". It is to a bulkhead as a flat is to a deck.
- Cabin - an enclosed room on a deck or flat.
- Capstan - a winch with a vertical axis.
- Centre-line structure - The keel, stem, sternpost and the keelson, deadwoods, apron etc. or their modern equivalents.
- Coaming - The raised edges of hatches and deck house's opening on decks for keeping water and articles free on the deck from falling into the hold, cabin or compartment. In the view of Naval Architect, Shipping authority or Classification society, the coaming is one of the critical criteria for the damage stability. In addition, the coaming can strengthen the structure of deck openings too.
- Decks - the structures forming the approximately horizontal surfaces in the ship's general structure. In a modern ship, they may be flat but used to be cambered. Unlike flats, they are a structural part of the ship.
- Deck Head - The under-side of the deck above. Sometimes panelled over to hide the pipe work. This panelling, like that lining the bottom and sides of the holds, is the ceiling. Another common Naval term for a Deck Head is "Overhead"
- Draft - The vertical distance from the current waterline to the lowest point of the ship or in the part of the ship under consideration.
- Figurehead - symbolic image at the head of a traditional sailing ship or early steamer.
- Flat - A horizontal division inserted between decks or in the superstructure, to provide smaller accommodation such as cabins.
- Forecastle - a partial deck, above the upper deck and at the head of the vessel; traditionally the sailors' living quarters.
- Freeboard - The vertical distance from the current waterline to the highest continuous watertight deck. This usually varies from one part to another.
- Freeboard deck - The uppermost complete deck with permanent means of closing all openings in those parts which are open to the weather. In a large ship this will be the upper deck and in a smaller one, the main deck. Decks above this are superstructure.
- Galley - the kitchen of the ship
- Gunwale - Formerly a fabricated band placed for strengthening around the ship at the main or upper deck level to accommodate the stresses imposed by the use of artillery. In later use it is the angle between the ship’s side and upper deck. It remained as a structural member, in wooden boats where it was mounted inboard of the sheer strake regardless of the need for gunnery.
- Bulwark - the extension of the ship's side above the level of the weather deck.
- Hold - In earlier use, 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 merchant vessels it extended up through the decks to the underside of the weather deck.
- Hull - the shell and framework of the basic flotation-oriented part of a ship
- Keel - the central structural basis of the hull
- Keelson - the timber immediately above the keel of a wooden ship.
- Mast - a spar (in a ship, a very heavy one stepped in the keelson) formerly designed for the support of one or more sails. In modern ships, it is a steel or aluminium fabrication which carries navigation lights, radar antennae etc.
- Prow - a poetical alternative term for bows.
- Scupper - a drainage waterway at the edge of a deck, is drained by a pipe or, on the weather deck, a small opening in the bulwarks, leading overboard. It is called a scupper which is distinct from larger openings with hinged covers on the bulwarks, designed for relieving the ship of large quantities of water in a seaway. These are called freeing ports or wash ports.
- Stem - the upright part of the centre-line structure at the fore end of the ship.
- Stern tube - the tube through the after end of the centre-line structure, through which the propeller shaft passes.
- Superstructure - The decked structure built above the freeboard deck (main or upper deck); that is, above the hull.
- Tail shaft - a shaft (a rod or tube of metal) which transmits the power by rotary motion, from the engine to the propeller.
- a transom is a vertical (or near-vertical) flat or flattish surface that forms the stern of a vessel.
- Weather deck - a deck which is exposed to the weather – usually either the main deck or, in larger vessels, the upper deck and forecastle and poop decks as well as parts of promenade decks, boat decks and so on in the superstructure.
- Windlass - A winch mechanism, usually with a horizontal axis. It is used where mechanical advantage greater than that obtainable by block and tackle was needed.
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The bow is the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat: the point that is ahead when the vessel is underway. ...
Prow, the fore part of a ship, the stem and its surrounding parts, hence used like keel, by metonymy, of the ship itself. ...
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Astern is the naval term for the back-end or rear of a vessel. ...
Starboard is the nautical term (used on boats and ships) that refers to the right side of a vessel as perceived by a person facing towards the bow. ...
Port is the nautical term (used on boats and ships) that refers to the left side of a ship, as perceived by a person facing towards the bow (the front of the vessel). ...
Bridge of the brigantine LEtoile The bridge of a ship is an area or room where the ships navigational controls and other essential equipment related to ship operations are housed and operated. ...
A dock is an area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, forming a chamber used for building or repairing one ship. ...
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RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. ...
The two-year-old Jamie Bulger being led away by his killers, recorded on shopping centre CCTV. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific, limited set of monitors. ...
A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. ...
In naval architecture, instantaneous stability is a measure of how a vessels buoyancy is distributed. ...
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A cabin is an enclosed room in a ship. ...
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Shipping Authority is the local government department responsible for the transport by shipping. ...
A Classification Society is an organisation that establish and apply technical standards in relation to the design, construction and survey of marine related contructions including ships and offshore structures. ...
A permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1]. On a boat or ship, the primary deck is the horizontal structure which forms the lid of the hull, which both strengthens the hull and serves as the primary working surface. ...
In nautical parlance, draft is the depth below waters surface of the lowest part of a ship or boat. ...
A figurehead is a person, usually in a political role, who may hold an important title or office yet executes little actual power. ...
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forecastle with figurehead Grand Turk Focsle of the Prince William, a modern square rigged ship, in the North Sea. ...
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The galley is the compartment of a ship, submarine, train or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. ...
The gunwale, pronounced gunnel to rhyme with tunnel, is a nautical term describing the top edge of the side of a boat. ...
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A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ...
A fer is a large beam around which the hull of a ship is built. ...
The kelson or keelson is the timber immediately above the keel of a wooden ship. ...
mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind —in essence a vertically-oriented wing. ...
Prow, the fore part of a ship, the stem and its surrounding parts, hence used like keel, by metonymy, of the ship itself. ...
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In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. ...
// Sociological concept In social sciences, superstructure is the set of socio-psychological feedback loops that maintain a coherent and meaningful structure in a given society, or part thereof. ...
Transom (probably a corruption of Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are French traverse, croisillon, German Losholz) is the architectural term given to the horizontal lintel or beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. ...
A windlass is an apparatus for moving a heavy weight. ...
Measuring ships One can measure ships in terms of overall length, length of the waterline, beam (breadth), depth (distance between the crown of the weather deck and the top of the keelson), draft (distance between the highest waterline and the bottom of the ship) and tonnage. A number of different tonnage definitions exist; most measure volume rather than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, taxation, etc. A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ...
In nautical parlance, draft is the depth below waters surface of the lowest part of a ship or boat. ...
Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ...
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In Britain until the Samuel Plimsoll Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, ship-owners could load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously unstable condition. Additionally, anyone who signed onto such a ship for a voyage and, upon realizing the danger, chose to leave the ship, could end up in Prison jail.
Samuel Plimsoll, a member of Parliament, realised the problem and engaged some engineers to derive a fairly simple formula to determine the position of a line on the side of any specific ship's hull which, when it reached the surface of the water during loading of cargo, meant the ship had reached its maximum safe loading level. To this day, that mark, called the "Plimsoll Mark", exists on ships' sides, and consists of a circle with a horizontal line through the centre. Because different types of water, (summer, fresh, tropical fresh, winter north Atlantic) have different densities, subsequent regulations required painting a group of lines forward of the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a specific ship could load in water of various densities. Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of the Plimsoll mark to this day. Memorial to Samuel Plimsoll on Victoria Embankment London Samuel Plimsoll (February 10, 1824 - June 3, 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line. ...
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The Plimsoll line is the mark on the hull of a ship that shows where the waterline is when the ship is at full capacity. ...
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Propulsion
Pre-mechanisation Until the application of the steam engine to ships in the early 19th century, oars propelled galleys or the wind propelled sailing ships. Before mechanisation, merchant ships always used sail, but as long as naval warfare depended on ships closing to ram or to fight hand-to-hand, galleys dominated in marine conflicts because of their maneuverability and speed. The Greek navies that fought in the Peloponnesian War used triremes, as did the Romans contesting the Battle of Actium. The use of large numbers of cannon from the 16th century meant that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; this led to the dominance of the sail-powered warship. A steam engine is an external combustion heat engine that makes use of the thermal energy that exists in steam, converting it to mechanical work. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
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Naval warfare is combat in and on seas and oceans. ...
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Combatants Delian League led by Athens Peloponnesian League led by Sparta Commanders Pericles Cleon Nicias Alcibiades Archidamus II Brasidas Lysander The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire (or The Delian League) and the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. ...
A Greek trireme A Roman trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ...
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Combatants Octavian Mark Antony, Cleopatra VII of Egypt Commanders Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Mark Antony Strength 260 warships, mostly liburnian vessels 220 warships, mostly quinqueremes and 60 egyptian warships Casualties Unknown Almost all of Antonys fleet The Battle of Actium was a naval battle of the Roman Civil War between...
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Steam propulsion The development of the steamship became a complex process, the first commercial success accruing to Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat (often called Clermont) in the US in 1807, followed in Europe by the 45-foot Comet of 1812. Steam propulsion progressed considerably over the rest of the 19th century. Notable developments included the condenser, which reduced the requirement for fresh water, and the multiple expansion engine, which improved efficiency. As the means of transmitting the engine's power, the paddle wheel gave way to the more efficient screw propeller. The marine steam turbine developed by Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, brought the power to weight ratio down. He had achieved publicity by demonstrating it unofficially in the 100-foot Turbinia at the Spithead naval review in 1897. This facilitated a generation of high-speed liners in the first half of the 20th century and rendered the reciprocating steam engine out of date, in warships. Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ...
Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success. ...
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The paddle steamer PS Comet was built for Henry Bell, hotel and baths owner in Helensburgh, and began a passenger service in 1812 on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock, the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe. ...
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The term condenser has the following meanings: In electronics, it is another (old-fashioned) word for capacitor. ...
A paddle steamer, paddleboat, or paddlewheeler is a ship driven by one or more paddle wheels driven by a steam engine. ...
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A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into useful mechanical work. ...
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was a Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine. ...
The Turbinia Turbinia was the first steam turbine powered steamship, built as an experimental vessel in 1894 and demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897, setting the standard for the next generation of steamships. ...
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Most new ships since around 1960 have been built with diesel engines. Rising fuel costs have almost lead to the demise of the steam turbine, with many ships being re-engined to improve fuel efficiency. One high profile example was the 1968 built Queen Elizabeth 2 which had her turbines replaced with a diesel-electric propulsion plant in 1986. The last major passenger ship built with steam turbines was the Fairsky, launched in 1984. Some specialised merchant ships have also been built with steam turbines since then, notably Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and coal carriers where part of the cargo has been used as fuel for the boilers. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
A Diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906 Rudolf Diesels 1893 patent on his engine design The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature...
The Queen Elizabeth 2, often called the QE2, was the flagship of the Cunard Line from 1969 until she was succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. ...
The Pacific Sky, (formerly Sky Princess), was an Australian cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia (November 2000 - May 2006). ...
Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been processed to remove impurities and heavy hydrocarbons and then condensed into a liquid at atmospheric pressure by cooling it to approximately -163 degrees Celsius. ...
Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ...
LNG Carriers LNG carriers in particular have remained a stronghold for steam , and new ships continue to be built with steam turbines in this high growth area of shipping. This is because the Natural Gas is stored in a liquid state in cryogenic vessels onboard these ships. A small amount of "boil off" of gas is required to maintain the pressure and temperature inside the vessels to within operating limits. The "boil off" gas provides the fuel for the ship's boilers, which provide steam for the turbines- the simplest method of dealing with the gas. Technology to operate internal combustion engines (modified marine two stroke diesel engines) on this gas has improved however, so these engines are beginning to appear in LNG carriers; with their greater thermal efficiency, less gas is burnt. Also, developments have been made in the process of re-liquefying "boil off" gas, enabling it to be returned to the cryogenic tanks. The financial returns on LNG are potentially greater than the cost of the marine grade fuel oil burnt in conventional diesel engines, so the re-liquefaction process is starting to be used on diesel engine propelled LNG carriers. Another factor driving the switch from turbines to diesel engines for LNG carriers is the shortage of steam turbine qualified sea going engineers. With the lack of turbine powered ships in other shipping sectors, and the rapid increase in size of the worldwide LNG fleet, not enough have been trained to meet the demand. It may be that the days of the last stronghold for steam turbine propulsion systems are numbered, despite all but sixteen of the orders for new LNG carriers at the end of 2004 being for steam turbine propelled ships. [1] An LNG carrier is a ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas. ...
Cryogenics is a branch of physics (or engineering) that studies the production of very low temperatures (below −150°C, −238°F or 123K) and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. ...
A colorized automobile engine The internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the burning of a fuel occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. ...
The two-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine differs from the more common four-stroke cycle by having only two strokes (linear movements of the piston) instead of four, although the same four operations (intake, compression, power, exhaust) still occur. ...
A Diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906 Rudolf Diesels 1893 patent on his engine design The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature...
Diesel propulsion The marine diesel engine first came into use around 1912: either the Vulcanus or the Selandia (depending upon who you talk to) first deployed it. It soon offered even greater efficiency than the steam turbine but for many years had an inferior power-to-space ratio. About this period too, heavy fuel oil came into more general use and began to replace coal as the fuel of choice in steamships. Its great advantages were the convenience, the reduction in manning owing to the removal of the need for trimmers and stokers, and the reduction in space required for fuel bunkers. Diesel engines today are broadly classified according to their operating cycle (two-stroke or four-stroke), their construction (crosshead, trunk, or opposed piston) and their speed (slow speed, medium speed or high speed). Most modern larger merchant ships use either slow speed, two stroke, crosshead engines, or medium speed, four stroke, trunk engines. Some smaller vessels may operate high speed diesel engines. The operating ranges of the different speed types are as follows; Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. ...
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Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ...
The two-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine differs from the more common four-stroke cycle by having only two strokes (linear movements of the piston) instead of four, although the same four operations (intake, compression, power, exhaust) still occur. ...
The four-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine is the cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today (cars and trucks, generators, etc). ...
A crosshead bearing (or simply crosshead) is used in large reciprocating engines, whether internal combustion engines or steam engines. ...
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- Slow speed- any engine with a maximum operating speed up to 300 revs/minute, although most large 2 stroke slow speed diesel engines operate below 120 revs/minute. Some very long stroke engines have a maximum speed of around 80 revs/minute. The largest, most powerful engines in the world are slow speed, two stroke, crosshead diesels.
- Medium speed- any engine with a maximum operating speed in the range 300- 900 revs/ minute. Many modern 4 stroke medium speed diesel engines have a maximum operating speed of around 500 rpm.
- High speed- any engine with a maximum operating speed above 900 revs/ minute
As modern ships' propellers are at their most efficient at the operating speed of most slow speed diesel engines, ships with these engines do not generally require gearboxes. Usually such propulsion systems consist of either one or two propeller shafts each with its own direct drive engine. Ships propelled by medium or high speed diesel engines may have one or two (sometimes more) propellers, commonly with one or more engines driving each propeller shaft through a gearbox. Where more than one engine is geared to a single shaft, each engine will most likely drive through a clutch, allowing engines not being used to be disconnected from the gearbox while others continue to operate. This arrangement allows maintenance to be carried out while under way at sea. Diesel electric is another propulsion system that has been around for a long time, but is becoming more common. By having the engines drive alternators, which supply electricity to motors driving the propellers, gearboxes and clutches can be dispensed with and greater flexibility gained in the positioning of the engines, while still providing the step down in speed required for a medium speed engine to efficiently drive a ships propeller. A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric powerplant for providing locomotion. ...
The size of the different types of engines is an important factor in selecting what will be installed in a new ship. Slow speed two stroke engines are much taller, but the foot print required- length and width- is smaller than that required for four stroke medium speed diesel engines. As space higher up in passenger ships and ferries is at a premium, these ships tend to use multiple medium speed engines resulting in a longer, lower engine room than that required for two stroke diesel engines. Multiple engine installations also gives greater redundancy in the event of mechanical failure of one or more engines and greater efficiency over a wider range of operating conditions.
Other propulsion systems Many warships built since the 1960s have used gas turbines for propulsion, as have a few passenger ships, like the jetfoil. Most recently, the Queen Mary 2 has had gas turbines installed in addition to diesel engines. Due to their poor thermal efficiency, it is common for ships using them to have diesel engines for cruising with gas turbines reserved for when higher speeds are required. Some warships and a few modern cruise ships have also utilised steam turbines to improve the efficiency of gas turbines in a combined cycle. In such a combined cycle, where waste heat from a gas turbine is used to create steam for driving a steam turbine, thermal efficiency can be the same or slightly greater than that of diesel engines. However, the grade of fuel required for gas turbines is much more expensive than that required for diesel engines so running costs are higher. This machine has a single-stage radial compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ...
The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ...
I name the ship Queen Mary 2 --Queen Elizabeth II The Queen Mary 2 is a Cunard Line passenger ship named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck. ...
The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by the high temperature of a compressed gas, rather than a separate source of energy (such as a spark plug). ...
In a combined cycle power plant, or combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant, a gas turbine generator generates electricity and the waste heat from the gas turbine is used to make steam to generate additional electricity via a steam turbine, this last step enhances the efficiency of electricity generation. ...
A few ships have used nuclear reactors (like Arktika class icebreaker with 75,000 hp power), but this is not a separate form of propulsion; the reactor heats steam to drive the turbines. Nonetheless, it has caused concerns about safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large aircraft carriers, where the space previously used for ship's bunkerage could then be used instead to bunker aviation fuel, and in submarines, where the ability to run submerged at high speed and in relative quiet for long periods holds obvious advantage. Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a Merchant ship powered by a nuclear reactor. ...
The Arktika class icebreaker is a class of nuclear powered icebreaker operated by the Russian Murmansk Shipping Company. ...
Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ...
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ...
A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine German UC-1 class World War I submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
General terminology Ships may occur collectively as fleets, squadrons or flotillas. Convoys of ships commonly occur. A rare occurance of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ...
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a flota of small ships, and this from French flotte), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. ...
A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ...
A collection of ships for military purposes may compose a navy or a task force. The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of World War I A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
A task force or task group is a temporary organization formed to work on a single defined task or activity. ...
In the past, people counting or grouping disparate types of ship may refer to the individual vessels as bottoms, but this generally refers only to merchant vessels. Groups of sailing ships could constitute, say, a fleet of 40 sail. Groups of submarines (particularly German U-boats in the 1940s) hunt in wolf packs. Bottom can refer to: In general, the lowermost part (see Wiktionary:Bottom). ...
U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...
The term wolf pack refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic and submarines of the United States Navy against Japanese shipping in the Pacific Ocean in World War II. Karl Dönitz used the term Rudel...
Some types of ships and boats  Semi-submersible The Zhen Hua 1 in Astoria, Oregon Download high resolution version (900x675, 76 KB)Description: M/V Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole (DDG-67). ...
Download high resolution version (900x675, 76 KB)Description: M/V Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole (DDG-67). ...
A semi-submersible or semisubmersible is a watercraft that can put much of its bulk underwater. ...
MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole M/V Blue Marlin and her sister ship M/V Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of semi-submersible heavy-lift ship. ...
The second USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. ...
A semi-submersible or semisubmersible is a watercraft that can put much of its bulk underwater. ...
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ...
Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. ...
Bulk carrier Berge Athene, a 225,000 DWT vessel. ...
A cable layer is a deep-sea vessel designed and used to lay underwater cables for telecommunications, electricity, and such. ...
The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. ...
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ...
It has been suggested that Catamaran History be merged into this article or section. ...
Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. ...
Commerce raiding or guerre de course is a naval strategy of attacking an opponents commercial shipping rather than contending for control of the seas with its naval forces. ...
Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ...
French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. ...
Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship, or less commonly cruise liner or luxury liner, is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the amenities of the ship are considered an essential part of the experience. ...
USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ...
An American-looking gaff cutter with a genoa jib set This French yawl has a gaff topsail set. ...
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer (French: contre-torpilleur, German: Zerstörer, Spanish: destructor, Italian: cacciatorpediniere) is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers...
A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. ...
A drillship is a maritime vessel that has been fitted with drilling apparatus. ...
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The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ...
The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...
Look up hopper on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Hopper Barge is a kind of non-mechanical (cannot move around itself) ship or vessel in the category of Barge, which can carry the dumping materials (like rocks, sand, soil and rubbish) to fill up the sea, river or lake for land by the method of reclamation. ...
See also Hopper barge. ...
A U.S. Navy hovercraft attached to the Amphibious assault ship Kearsarge (LHD-3) A Russian Project 1232. ...
The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ...
US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 Icebreaker Polarstern An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice-covered marine environments. ...
The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ...
The Junk is a Chinese sailing vessel. ...
Landing craft Rapière LCU 1656 departs USS Bataan (LHD-5) well deck during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. ...
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a typical Laker. ...
An LNG carrier is a ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas. ...
A French lugger, beached and drying nets. ...
USS Pivot (AM 276) World War II United States Admirable Class Minesweeper shown in the Gulf of Mexico on sea trials 12 July 1944 Image:Hameln Class. ...
Minehunters are mine-countermeasure ships that detects and destroys individual naval mines. ...
A post card of the SS United States. ...
Packet trade generally refers to any regularly scheduled passenger and cargo trade conducted by ship. ...
The two ships seen here seem almost to be touching the walls of the Miraflores Locks. ...
The reefer is a type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foodstuffs. ...
A research vessel is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. ...
A RO-RO ships Starboard side, the stern ramp is much more robust and cabable of holding a tank such as an Abrams RORO and ro-ro are acronyms for Roll On/Roll Off; a type of ferry, cargo ship or barge that carries wheeled cargo such as automobiles...
Traditional wooden cutter beating. ...
A selfdischarger is a ship able to discharge her cargo using vessels own gear. ...
A semi-submersible or semisubmersible is a watercraft that can put much of its bulk underwater. ...
A sloop-rigged J-24 sailboat In sailing, a sloop is a vessel with a Fore-and-aft rig. ...
A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine German UC-1 class World War I submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
A supertanker is an unofficial nickname that applies to a certain class of tanker ship built to transport very large quantities of liquids; in practice this typically refers to crude oil. ...
Supply boat, or Supply Ship is a kind of vessel to supply all the necessaries for the crews or workers on the oil drilling rigs at the sea. ...
Supply boat, or Supply Ship is a kind of vessel to supply all the necessaries for the crews or workers on the oil drilling rigs at the sea. ...
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. ...
Tender may mean: one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel: seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes submarine tender - resupplies submarines motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats ships tender - used to transport people...
A loaded train ferry approaching the dock in Detroit, Michigan, April 1943. ...
The Le Four manoeuvering in Brest harbour A tugboat, or tug, is a boat used to manoeuvre, primarily by towing or pushing other vessels (see shipping) in harbours, over the open sea or through rivers and canals. ...
A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt(er)) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ...
Some historical types of ships and boats - Barque A sailing vessel with three or more masts, fore-and-aft rigged on only the aftermost.
- Barquentine A sailing vessel with three or more masts, square-rigged only on the foremast.
- Battle cruiser A lightly-armoured battleship.
- Battleship A large, heavily-armoured and heavily-gunned warship. A term which generally post-dates sailing warships.
- Bilander
- Bireme An ancient vessel, propelled by two banks of oars.
- Birlinn
- Blockade runner A ship whose current business is to slip past a blockade.
- Brig A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
- Brigantine A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the main.
- Caravel
- Carrack
- Clipper A fast multiple-masted sailing ship.
- Cog
- Collier A vessel designed for the coal trade.
- Dreadnought An early twentieth century class of battleship.
- Dromons are the precursors to galleys.
- East Indiaman An armed merchantman belonging to one of the East India companies (Dutch, British etc.)
- Fire ship A vessel of any sort, set on fire and sent into an anchorage with the aim of causing consternation and destruction. The idea is generally that of forcing an enemy fleet to put to sea in a confused, therefore vulnerable state.
- Fleut A Dutch-made vessel from the Golden Age of Sail. It had multiple decks and usually three square-rigged masts. It was usually used for merchant purposes.
- Galleass A sailing and rowing warship, equally well suited to sailing and rowing.
- Galleon A sixteenth century sailing warship.
- Galley A warship propelled by oars with a sail for use in a favourable wind.
- Galliot
- Ironclad A wooden warship with external iron plating.
- Knarr A type of Viking trade ship
- Liberty ship An American merchant ship of the late Second World War period, designed for rapid building in large numbers. (The earliest class of welded ships.)
- Longship A Viking raiding ship
- Man of war A sailing warship.
- Monitor A small, very heavily gunned warship with shallow draft. Designed for land bombardment.
- Paddle steamer A steam-propelled, paddle-driven vessel, a name commonly applied to nineteenth century excursion steamers.
- Pantserschip A Dutch ironclad. By the end of the nineteenth century, the name was applied to a heavy gunboat designed for colonial service.
- Penteconter An ancient warship propelled by 50 oars, 25 on each side.
- Pram A small dinghy, originally of a clinker construction and called in English, as in Danish, a praam. The Danish orthography has changed so that it would now be a pråm in its original language. It has a transom at both ends, the forward one usually small and steeply raked in the traditional design.
- Q-ship A commerce raider camouflaged as a merchant vessel.
- Quinquereme An ancient warship propelled by three banks of oars. On the upper row three rowers hold one oar, on the middle row - two rowers, and on the lower row - one man to an oar.
- Schooner A fore and aft-rigged vessel with two or more masts of which the foremast is shorter than the main.
- Shallop A large, heavily built, sixteenth century boat. Fore and aft rigged. More recently it has been a poetically frail open boat.
- Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) A modern ship design used for Research Vessels and other purposes needing a steady ship in rough seas.
- Steamship A ship propelled by a steam engine.
- Ship of the line A sailing warship of first, second or third rate. That is, with 64 or more guns. Before the late eighteenth century, fourth rates (50-60 guns) also served in the line of battle.
- Torpedo boat A small, fast surface vessel designed for launching torpedoes.
- Tramp steamer A steamer which takes on cargo when and where it can find it.
- Trireme An ancient warship propelled by three banks of oars.
- Xebec
- Victory ship
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The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages so that the form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish, was bark while that adopted by French , perhaps from Gaulish, was barge. ...
This article is about the ship. ...
HMS Invincible, one of Britains first battlecruisers Battlecruisers were large warships of the early 20th century. ...
HMS Victory in 1884. ...
A Bilander, also spelled billander or belandre, was a small European merchant ship with two masts, used in the Netherlands for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea. ...
A French galley and Dutch men_of_war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
Birlinns (occasionally spelt berlins) comprised a class of small galleys with 12 to 18 oars, used especially in the Western Isles of Scotland in the Middle Ages. ...
A blockade runner is a ship designed to provide vital supplies to countries or areas blockaded by enemy forces during wartime. ...
In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ...
Description In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, at least one of which is square rigged. ...
Caravela Latina / Latin Caravel Caravela Redonda / Square-rigged Caravel A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable, three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration beginning in the 15th century. ...
The Santa Maria at anchor by Andries van Eertvelt, painted c. ...
A model of a vessel of the clipper type, the four-masted barque named Belle Étoile A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. ...
Excavated cog from 1380 Cogs or rather cog-built vessels came into existence around 12th century AD. They were cheracterized by flush-laid flat bottom at midships but gradually shifted to overlapped strakes near the posts. ...
Collier may refer to: a bulk cargo ship that carried coal. ...
The sixth HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was the first battleship to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a secondary battery of smaller guns. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
A Byzantine fresco showing a dromon The Dromons (from Greek runner) were the most important warships of the Byzantine navy. ...
An East Indiaman was a ship belonging to the British East India Company. ...
This article is not about the fireboats that fight fire Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588-08-08 by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, painted 1796, depicts Drakes fire ship attack on the Spanish Armada. ...
The Fleut was by definition a Dutch-made ship during the Golden age of sail. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
A Spanish galleon A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ...
The knarr (plural: knarrer) was the generic name for viking trade and mercantile ships. ...
The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. ...
Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Commanders Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Hideki Tojo Benito Mussolini Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military...
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A man of war (also man-of-war, man-o-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel. ...
USS Monitor became the prototype of a form of ship built by several navies for coastal defence in the 1860s and 1870s and known as a monitor. ...
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Pantserschip Hertog Hendrik A pantserschip can be described as a coastal defence battleship with limited blue-water capacity. ...
A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...
A pram or pramm was a ship, during the Napoleonic Wars that carried 10-20 guns on 1 gun deck. ...
A hidden gun on a Q-ship in World War I. The Q-ship or Q-boat was a weapon used against German U-boats during World War I primarily by Britain and during World War II primarily by the United States. ...
A quinquireme was a galley, a warship propelled by oars, developed from the earlier trireme. ...
Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ...
The Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) is a hull form used for ships that require a high proportion of deck area for their displacement -- in other words, large without being heavy. ...
Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ...
Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. ...
A tramp steamer, or tramp for short, is any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. ...
A Greek trireme A Roman trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ...
XEBEC is a subsidary of the anime studio Production I.G. that specialises in the production of television anime. ...
The Victory ship was a type of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines. ...
See also A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ...
The concrete tanker USS Palo Alto Interior of concrete ship from World War I. Concrete ships are ships built of concrete instead of more traditional materials, like steel and wood. ...
USNS Comfort takes on supplies at Mayport, FL enroute to Gulf Coast. ...
USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...
Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ...
Here is a list of famous ships: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...
The following are ships that are or were in commercial or civilian use and have nuclear marine propulsion. ...
This is a list of fictional ships, waterborne vessels that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such (oftentimes a real ship is used as a stage set, but the real name is not used). ...
Ghost Ship (2002) is a horror/thriller movie, directed by Steve Beck. ...
A Ship replica is a reconstruction of a no longer existing ship. ...
This article concerns the rank and title of Captain. ...
Chartering Verb: The act of contracting a ship to perform the service of hauling goods (dry or wet) or people (supercargo). ...
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The crew of this ship was glad to make it to port Icing on ships is a serious hazard where cold temperatures (below about -10°C) combined with high wind speed (typically force 8 or above on the Beaufort scale) result in spray blown off the sea freezing immediately on...
Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in Lambeth, adjacent to the east end of Lambeth Bridge Headquarters building taken from the west side of the Thames Headquartered in London, U.K., the International Maritime Organization (IMO) promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to...
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Admiralty law (usually referred to as simply admiralty and also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses. ...
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Sailing at sunset Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water. ...
Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat. ...
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...
Ship Transport is the process of moving people, goods, etc. ...
Model of a 19th-century vessel in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii Ship models (or model ships) are scale representations of modern or historic sea-going vessels. ...
A ship model basin may be either a physical basin or tank used to carry out hydrodynamic tests with ship models, or the organization (often a company) that owns and operates such a facility. ...
USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...
Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2nd of March, 2004. ...
The Anatomy of the Ship series of books are comprehensive treatments of the design and construction of individual ships. ...
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship. ...
Quotations - I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
- And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by...
- -John Masefield
John Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. ...
External links - 20th Century Ships: Information on the largest ships ever built.
- shipsystems.net.tf: A large link farm, but with lots of popups.
- ShipSpotting.com: Shipping image archive. Free login required.
- Passenger ships: history, speed, capacity, and safety.
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