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  2. Orlop deck - Wikipedia

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    18th century warship cross section, the orlop deck highlighted in red The orlop of the Swedish 17th century warship Vasa looking toward the bow. The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships), immediately above the hold. It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. [1]

  3. Deck (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Middle or waist deck: The upper deck amidships, the working area of the deck. Orlop deck: The deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the waterline. It is the lowest deck in a ship. [6] Poop deck: The deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft.

  4. Second- and third-class facilities on the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    There were wooden-slatted wrought iron benches installed along this deck and teak deck chairs could be rented for three shillings/1 dollar per person for the voyage. The other two promenades were on B and C Decks, surrounding the smoking room and library. The C Deck level was 84 ft long and enclosed in steel framing with glass windows. [10]

  5. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    It was where many of Titanic ' s passengers and crew made their last stand as the ship sank. The forecastle and poop deck were separated from the bridge deck by well decks. [20] [21] C Deck, the shelter deck, was the highest deck to run uninterrupted from stem to stern. It included both well decks; the aft one served as part of the Third-Class ...

  6. Head (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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    The plans of 18th-century naval ships do not reveal the construction of toilet facilities when the ships were first built. The Journal of Aaron Thomas aboard HMS Lapwing in the Caribbean Sea in the 1790s records that a canvas tube was attached, presumably by the ship's sailmaker, to a superstructure beside the bowsprit near the figurehead ...

  7. Hold (compartment) - Wikipedia

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    Ships have had holds for centuries; an alternative way to carry cargo is in standardized shipping containers, which may be loaded into appropriate holds or carried on deck. [1] [2] Holds in older ships were below the orlop deck, the lower part of the interior of a ship's hull, especially when considered as storage space, as for cargo. In later ...

  8. There is nothing subtle about the world’s largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean’s new, nearly 1,200-foot-long and 250,800 gross ton Icon of the Seas - which set sail from the Port of Miami on ...

  9. SS Adriatic (1856) - Wikipedia

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    Cargo and crew quarters were below the main deck, and below that was the "orlop deck" where 1,500 tons of coal were stowed. [8] [15] Adriatic could carry about 300 first-class passengers and 100 second-class. There was no provision for steerage passengers. [10] To serve a maximum of 400 passengers, Adriatic carried a crew of 188. [16]