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Pages in category "Sailing ship components" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. * Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) A.
Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).
The part of a ship's hull that is sometimes submerged and sometimes brought above water by the rolling of the vessel. bight 1. A loop in a rope or line – a hitch or knot tied "on the bight" is one tied in the middle of a rope, without access to the ends. [2] 2. An indentation in a coastline. bilander. Also billander or be ' landre.
Below: a lower deck of the ship. [1] Belowdecks: inside or into a ship, or down to a lower deck. [13] Bilge: the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides [14] Bottom: the lowest part of the ship's hull. Bow: front of a ship (opposite of "stern") [1]
Hulls have several elements. The bow is the foremost part of the hull. Many ships feature a bulbous bow. The keel is at the very bottom of the hull, extending the entire length of the ship. The rear part of the hull is known as the stern, and many hulls have a flat back known as a transom.
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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
Hospital ships (AH) were given names related to their function, such as Comfort and Mercy. Landing ship, tank (LST) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service ...