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Poop deck of a model of the Soleil-Royal, as seen from the forecastle. In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship. [1] The name originates from the French word for stern, poupe, from Latin puppis.
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.
The afterdeck can be used for a number of different purposes, yet not all ships have an afterdeck. In place of the afterdeck, a ship may be built with a poop deck, that is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship; a poop deck
Chinese stewards were housed in a poop deck cabin and crew, mostly West Indians, berthed in the forecastle. [ 3 ] This configuration may have lasted through the remodel in 1928 for the intercoastal San Francisco—New York service but not probably the conversion of 1936 into the coastwise Boston—Philadelphia service as Irwin .
The destroyed lifeboat flipped over in the waves, and the crew rushed to hook the boat on the poop deck up to davits in its place. As the lifeboats were lowered, passengers reported geysers of water shooting up, nearly the height of the waterline to the deck. The waves made it so several lifeboats were almost swamped, but four of them managed ...
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In medieval times, warships had a single deck, with raised structures at each end: the "forecastle" in the front, and the "aftercastle" in the rear.Following the introduction of cannon, the aftercastle was gradually replaced with a simpler structure consisting of the halfdeck above the main deck, extending forwards from the stern to the mainmast; and above that the quarterdeck, extending about ...
The piece shows a large poop on Nancy Pelosi’s desk. A plaque dedicates the statue to the Jan. 6 rioters. It will be in its current location until Oct. 31.