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A beakhead or beak is the protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.Beakhead is also a term used in Romanesque architecture [1]. Beakheads were fitted on sailing vessels from the 16th to the 18th century and served as working platforms for sailors working the sails of the bowsprit, the forward-pointing mast that carries the spritsails. [2]
The head on the beakhead of the 17th-century warship Vasa. The toilets are the two square box-like structures on either side of the bowsprit. On the starboard side, there are still minor remnants of the original seat. In sailing vessels, the head is the ship's toilet.
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English: The beakhead bulkhead of the English second-rate 'Charles', 1668 A trimmed drawing showing a close three-quarter view of the beakhead bulkhead (that is, the foremost section) of the Charles – identifiable from the lion figure-head, the top part of which is visible in the lower centre of the page.
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The port quarter galleries of the 17th century warship Vasa.The galleries alone have over 70 highly ornate wooden sculptures of varying themes and size, all of which were originally painted in bright, vivid colors.
Each side of the beakhead originally had 20 figures (though only 19 have actually been found) that depicted Roman emperors from Tiberius to Septimius Severus. [40] Overall, almost all heroic and positive imagery is directly or indirectly identified with the king and was originally intended to glorify him as a wise and powerful ruler.
HMS Lyme was a 28-gun, sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.Originally ordered as a 24 gun ship to the draft of the French privateer Tyger.The sixth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, Lyme, as well as Unicorn, which was a near-sister, were the first true frigates built for the Royal Navy.