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2. Hull (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy ), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is ...

3. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Iconic image of a helmsman at a ship's wheel: the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial. A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel or airship, in which a helmsman steers the vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm (the term helm can mean the wheel alone, or ...

4. Gunwale - Wikipedia

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   Gunwale. The gunwale ( / ˈɡʌnəl /) is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat. [ 1] Originally the structure was the "gun wale " on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firing artillery. Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard ...

5. List of boat types - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships , see: List of sailing boat types This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

6. Bow (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Bow (watercraft) The bow ( / baʊ /) is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, [ 1] the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern. [ 2] Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may mean the forward-most part of the bow above the waterline.

7. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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   A cargo vessel used for trade between Eastern India and Indochina. Brig. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Brigantine. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the main. Caravel. (Portuguese) A much smaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship. Carrack.