Shipbuilding Term Quiz

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  • Created by: AndyTam
  • Created on: 12-06-24 16:30

1. Barge

  • On or within the vessel
  • Any non-powered vessel solely used for the carriage or cargo
  • A secondary main structural item forming a transverse or longitudinal vertical flat surface which subdivides the vessel’s interior into separate compartments.
  • In the after end of a vessel or a location off the vessel and behind it
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2. Aft

  • Any non-powered vessel solely used for the carriage or cargo
  • Towards the stern part of or abaft the vessel
  • An electrical motor driven propeller fitted in a transverse tunnel near the bows
  • In midships or in the middle of the ship, either with regard to her length or breadth. Hence that timber or frame, which has the greatest breadth and capacity in the ship is denominated in the "midship bend"

3. Bulbous Bow

  • Side by side or alongside the vessel or broad off her beam
  • A bow fitted with a bulb at below the waterline and extending forward past the forward perpendicular forming a convex entry at the keel/stem junction (as opposed to a sharp vee) incorporated to reduce wave making resistance.
  • A secondary main structural item forming a transverse or longitudinal vertical flat surface which subdivides the vessel’s interior into separate compartments.
  • A portable set of steps on the side of a ship for the use of people when boarding the vessel from small boats or a pier

4. Poop

  • The first deck above the uppermost or main deck at the after end of the vessel and forming the top of the poop
  • On or within the vessel
  • An enclosed superstructure at the extreme after end of the vessel
  • On the deck but not over it

5. Abreast

  • In the after end of a vessel or a location off the vessel and behind it
  • A secondary main structural item forming a transverse or longitudinal vertical flat surface which subdivides the vessel’s interior into separate compartments.
  • Side by side or alongside the vessel or broad off her beam
  • An electrical motor driven propeller fitted in a transverse tunnel near the bows

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