Main parts of ships

1. UNIT I

MAIN PARTS OF SHIPS

2. HULL

There are two main parts of a
ship: the hull and the machinery.
The main structure of a ship is
hull.

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The keel is the backbone of the hull

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The
hull is divided into three
areas: fore end, after end and
amidships.

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The
fore end is bow, the after end
is stern. The right side of ship is
called the starboard and the other
side is port

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7. BOW

8. KEEL

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The depth of ship’s bottom
or keel below the waterline
is draught. The beam of the
ship is the distance between
the two sides.

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The
frames, bulkheads,
floors and beams complete
the skeleton of hull.
The frames which are ribs of
the ship are covered by
plating.

11. frames

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19. DECK

The
upper deck covers the holds
or tanks.
Deck equipment includes: cargo
handling, steering, anchoring and
mooring arrangements.

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The
cargo is loaded or unloaded
through hatches by cranes or by
derricks.

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The
derricks are fitted to the
masts on deck and are operated
by winches.

22. HOLD

23. CARGO HOLD

24. HATCHES

25. HATCH

26. MAST

27. CRANE

28. DERRICKS

29. ANCHOR

30. ANCHOR

31. MOORING

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The
anchoring arrangement is the
windlass used for lowering and
raising the anchor an anchor
chain. The mooring arrangement
consists of a winch, bitts and
fairleads .

33. WINDLASS

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35. BOLLARD

36. BITTS

37. FAIRLEAD

38. PADEYE

39. CLEAT

40. SHACKLE

41. ANCHOR CHAIN

42. ROPE

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Lifeboats
are arranged on the port
and starboard side. They are
carried in davits and are used for
life-saving purposes.

45. LIFERAFT

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47. LIFEBOAT

48. LIFERING

49. STERN

The purpose of the steering gear is to
keep the vessel on a steady course.
A ship is steered by its rudder which is a
flat plate at the ship's stern.

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The rudder is turned by steering
engine which is located in the
steering gear compartment.

51. STERN

52. STEERING GEAR COMPARTMENT

53. STEERING GEAR

54. RUDDER

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56. PROPULSION

The ship is moved through the water
by one or more propellers.
Shafts transmit the rotary motion of a
ship's engines to its propellers.
The engine is fitted in the engine
room .

57. PROPULSION SYSTEM

58. PROPELLER

59. BRIDGE

The
ship is controlled from the
bridge by the captain or
navigating officers.
Near the bridge there is funnel.

60. BRIDGE

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62. FUNNEL

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The captain, officers and the crew
are accommodated in cabins.

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The meals are prepared in galleys and
laundry is done in the laundry room.

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Officers usually eat in the officers'
mess with waiter service.
Crew members dine in the self-service
or waiter service crew mess.

66. CABIN(STATEROOM)

67. GALLEY

68. LAUNDRY

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70. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1-What are mooring
arrangements?

71. 2-How is cargo loaded?

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3-What is the rear part of
the ship called?

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4-Where is the laundry done?

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5-What is a galley?

75. ETYMOLOGY

Deck < German, decken, to cover
Derrick < after Thomas Derrick, London
hangman of the early 17th century,
applied to a gallows

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Galley < The galley is the kitchen of the
ship. It is a corruption of "gallery". Ancient
sailors cooked their meals on a brick or
stone gallery laid amidships.

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Mast <German mast, a pole < Latin malus,
mast < Irish maide , a stick
Anchor < Greek ankyra, hook

78. SOME TERMS

Accommodate (v)- To provide a place to
stay, live or work.
Propel (v)- To drive and move forward.
Rotary (adj.) - Moving in circles round a
central point

79. ‘The depth of the ship’s keel from waterline’ is;

a. freeboard
b. bottom
c. draught
d. water line
e. deck

80. ‘The depth of the ship’s keel from waterline’ is;

c. draught

81. Derricks are fitted to the ship’s;

a. bulwark
b. bitts
c. masts
d. castles
e. davits

82. Derricks are fitted to the ship’s;

c. masts

83. Which is not an enclosed space?

a. galley
b. engine room
c. steering gear compartment
d. hold
e. forecastle

84. Which is not an enclosed space?

e. forecastle