A compartment in which fuel is stored; fuel consumed by the engines of a ship

Get away from the ship, as in an emergency.

The strake next to the keel (running fore and aft).

Device that permits passage between regions of differing air pressures, most often used for passage between atmospheric pressure and chambers in which the air is compressed. A typical modern air lock consists of a cylinder of steel plate with airtight doo ...

To let out a line

Timbers used to support bottom of ship while it is under construction.

Said of a vessel when her keel is close to the bottom and all but touching it.

(1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contesta ...

A long ton of cargo that can be stowed in less than 40 cubic feet.

Is one that does not attack normal materials of construction.

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature. It is the highest vapor pressure that the liquid can exert.

A piece of wood placed across the head of a boat's rudder, with a rope attached to each end, by which the boat is steered.

Activate, Activation

Ramp fitted to a RoRo ship situated at the rear of the ship.

Document given by authorities certifying that inward clearance formalities have been completed.

A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.

To lay the head yards abox in a square rigged sailing vessel was to lay them square to the foremast in order to heave-to.

The order to tack the ship

An order to haul away or to heave around a capstan (pull).

Measured from the most forward part of the fore end to the most after part of the after end of the hull.