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In naval architecture, a taffrail is the handrail around the open deck area toward the stern of a ship or boat. The rear deck of a ship is often called the afterdeck or poop deck. Not all ships have an afterdeck or poop deck. Sometimes taffrail refers to just the curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman ship.
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This is a list of historical ship types, which includes any classification of ship that has ever been used, excluding smaller vessels considered to be boats. The classifications are not all mutually exclusive; a vessel may be both a full-rigged ship by description, and a collier or frigate by function. A two-masted schooner Aircraft Carrier
1. In the rigging of a sailing ship. [3] 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure. [3] 3. Overhead or high above. alongside By the side of a ship or pier. [3] ama A secondary hull or float attached to the primary hull of a vessel for stability, or the hulls of a modern catamaran. amidships 1.
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1: Funnel; 2: Stern; 3: Propeller and Rudder; 4: Portside (the right side is known as starboard); 5: Anchor; 6: Bulbous bow; 7: Bow; 8: Deck; 9: Superstructure In naval architecture , an afterdeck or after deck , or sometimes the aftdeck , aft deck or a-deck is the open deck area toward the stern or aft back part of a ship or boat .
Immortalized by Jack and Rose in the famous movie scene, a significant part of the railing on the Titanic’s bow has fallen off the iconic ship, new images show. “We are saddened by this loss ...
A fife rail is a design element of a European-style sailing ship used to belay the ship's halyards at the base of a mast. When surrounding a mast, a fife rail is sometimes referred to specifically by the name of the mast with which it is associated: the main fife rail surrounds the main mast; the mizzen fife rail surrounds the mizzen mast, etc.