- A
nautical mile is a unit of
length used in air, marine, and
space navigation, and for the
definition of
territorial waters. Historically, it was defined...
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including a
basic knowledge of ship recognition, a
basic understanding of
nautical terms, ship
structure and
naval architecture and
cargo operations, specific...
- This
glossary of
nautical terms is an
alphabetical listing of
terms and
expressions connected with ships, shipping,
seamanship and
navigation on water...
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measured at deck
level Look up beam (
nautical) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Other meanings of 'beam' in the
nautical context are: Beam – a
timber similar...
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Nautical fiction,
frequently also
naval fiction, sea fiction,
naval adventure fiction or
maritime fiction, is a
genre of
literature with a
setting on or...
- In
sailing and boating, a vessel's
freeboard is the
distance from the
waterline to the
upper deck level,
measured at the
lowest point of
sheer where water...
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Icing on
ships is a
serious hazard where cold
temperatures (below
about −10 °C or 14 °F)
combined with high wind
speed (typically
force 8 or
above on the...
- The knot (/nɒt/) is a unit of
speed equal to one
nautical mile per hour,
exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). The ISO
standard symbol...
- In ships,
frames are ribs that are
transverse bolted or
welded to the keel.
Frames support the hull and give the ship its
shape and strength. In wooden...
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inadequate compared to
replacing the wood
sheathing with iron plates.
Frame (
nautical) Steffy, J.
Richard (December 2013). "Illustrated
Glossary of Ship and...
