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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.
1. The person lawfully in command of a vessel. "Captain" is an informal title of respect given to the commander of a naval vessel regardless of his or her formal rank; aboard a merchant ship, the ship's captain is called her master. 2. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. 3.
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
In line with this, most of Firenze's 2025 sailings will be four or five days long. And its itineraries are straightforward, sailing only to California's Catalina Island and Mexico's Ensenada and ...
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 ...
Germany and Norway offered to Canada a collaboration on the Arctic defence and the Type 212CD submarine. [24] Canada signed a letter of intent to establish a maritime partnership, but it does not commit Canada to the purchase of the Type 212CD. [25] South Korea approached Canada to supply its submarine to Canada. [25]
Renamed Moby Love 2 in 1998 and reverted to Moby Lovey in 2002. In active service as of 2011. [69] Saint Edmunds: 1973 8,987 - Car Ferry launched in 1973 and delivered to Passtruck (Shipping) Co. Ltd., at Harwich. It was used on British Rail services between Harwich and Hook of Holland. [70]
The Port of Churchill is a privately-owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait.As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels.