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SDW

Summer dead weight

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RIM

The edge of a top.

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On/roll off

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In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.

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(See BALLAST.)

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N

November - N = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( - . )Flag= Four horizontal rows of alterned blue and white squares.

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P

Papa - P = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( . - - . )Flag= White square on a blue background.Called "Blue Peter" as when hoisted singly from a ship it means "The ship is going to sail.

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RCC

Rescue coordination centre

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RGE

Range. Range of ports in which the cargo could be loaded: Le Havre/Hamburg includes those ports and all those in between: Dunkirk, Antwerp, Rotterdam...

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A rope bent to the cable just outside the hawse-hole, and brought in on the weather quarter, for slipping.

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SMC

Safety Management Certificate. (ISM Code) Certificates stating that the ship has an SMS

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SBT

1.Safehull Bridge System.2.Segregated Ballast Tank. (MARPOL)Tank used exclusively for water ballast but which can be pumped through cargo pumps under certain conditions

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To haul in on a rope, especially a weather-brace.

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A small, triangular iron instrument, with a handle fitted to its centre, and used for scraping decks and masts.

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An iron pin upon which the capstan moves. Also, a piece of timber forming the diameter of a made mast. Also, any long pin or bar upon which anything revolves.

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RAM

Random Access Memory

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Research and development

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PV

Pilot Vessel

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Steamship.

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SO

An order to 'vast hauling upon anything when it has come to its right position.

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