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2. (Usually in the plural: "bilges") The compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects and must be pumped out of the vessel; the space between the bottom hull planking and the ceiling of the hold. [2] 3. To damage the hull in the area of the bilge, usually by grounding or hitting an obstruction. 4.
3. Farther from the hull of a ship; e.g. "the larger boat was tied up alongside the ship outboard of the smaller boat". 4. Farther from the pier or shore; e.g. "the tanker and cargo ship were tied up at the pier alongside one another with the tanker outboard of the cargo ship". 5. An outboard motor. 6. A vessel fitted with an outboard motor.
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The combination of symbol and hull number identify a modern Navy ship uniquely. A heavily modified or repurposed ship may receive a new symbol, and either retain the hull number or receive a new one. Also, the system of symbols has changed a number of times since it was introduced in 1907, so ships' symbols sometimes change without anything ...
A boatswain (/ ˈ b oʊ s ən / BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also / ˈ b oʊ t s w eɪ n / BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.
Volume (V or ∇) is the volume of water displaced by the hull. The volume of a ship's hull below the waterline (solid), divided by the volume of a rectangular solid (lines) of the same length, height and width, determine a ship's block coefficient. Coefficients [5] help compare hull forms as well:
In seafaring, under keel clearance (UKC) is the vertical distance between seabed and the keel or hull of a ship. [1] [2] [3] It is used to ensure sufficient navigable water is available for ships at sea.
The relationship between monohulls & multihulls. A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull.The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls).