-
raised section of deck
plating around an opening, such as a
cargo hatch.
Coamings also
provide a
frame onto
which to fit a
hatch cover. The
protective metal...
- hatch. The
hatch covers were
missing from
hatches Nos. 7 and 8 and both
coamings were
fractured and
severely distorted. The bow
section abruptly ended just...
- century, when oil
supplanted coal as the fuel of
choice for steamships.
coaming The
raised edge of a hatch, ****pit, or skylight,
designed to help keep...
- weather.
Further weatherproofing was
provided by the
addition of high
coamings around the
lower hatchways while the
chainwales were
moved above the gun...
- It was
installed in the interior,
requiring the driver's
hatch and the
coamings over the
turret hatches to be
noticeably enlarged. This
liner had the added...
-
surrounded by a
raised steel structure known as the
hatch coaming. On top of the
hatch coamings are the
hatch covers.
Until the 1950s,
hatches were typically...
-
ballast or
remain empty.
Holes cut on the main deck for
cargo hatches and
coamings would require additional structural strengthening to
retain sufficient...
- get bent in use,
destroying the
watertight seal.
Later vessels had
hatch coamings.
While this was an improvement, it was not
enough to make up for the relatively...
- examples. On all but the
earliest examples, this
turret was
surrounded by a
coaming which provided a
track for a cam-operated
interrupter device which prevented...
-
Marine Electric, and the SS
Edmund Fitzgerald. Most
cargo hatches have a
coaming, a
raised edge
around the hatch, to help keep out water. The term batten...
