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- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Commodore (hist) [1,045 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (rank) Prior to 1997, the title was used in the Royal Navy for an officer of the rank of captain who was given temporary command of a squadron. At...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Come about (hist) [391 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To tack. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To change tack. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 3. To maneuver the bow of a sai...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Class (hist) [575 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Strictly, a group of government ships, especially naval ships, of the same or similar design. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Inform...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Cheeks (hist) [305 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Wooden blocks at the side of a spar. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Flat plates of iron or wood bolted to the masthead to form angl...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Chalupa (hist) [438 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A small boat that functions as a shallop, water taxi, or gondola. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In Portuguese, a small boat used f...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Cat (hist) [374 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To prepare an anchor after raising it by lifting it with a tackle to the cathead, prior to securing (fishing) it alongside for sea. An anchor raise...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Captain (hist) [750 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The person lawfully in command of a vessel. "Captain" is an informal title of respect given to the commander of a naval vessel regardless of his or...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Brown-water navy (hist) [393 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A navy capable of operating on rivers and/or in coastal environments. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. That portion of a navy designe...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Broadside (hist) [717 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. One side of a vessel above the waterline. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted (in rotat...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Breaker (hist) [724 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A shallow portion of a reef over which waves break. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A breaking wave that breaks into foam against th...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bowline (hist) [409 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of knot producing a strong loop of a fixed size, topologically similar to a sheet bend. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A rop...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bottom (hist) [260 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The underside of a vessel; the portion of a vessel that is always underwater. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A ship, most often a c...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Boom (hist) [457 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A floating barrier to control navigation into and out of rivers and harbors. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A spar attached to the...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bombard (hist) [356 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also spelled bombarde. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A small, two-masted vessel common in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th cent...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Boat (hist) [358 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any small craft or vessel designed to float on and provide transport over or under water. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Naval slan...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Board (hist) [286 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To step onto, climb onto or otherwise enter a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The side of a vessel. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bluejacket (hist) [645 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also blue-jacket. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A sailor or enlisted person of the Royal Navy, Commonwealth navies, the United States...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bilge (hist) [819 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The part of the hull that the ship rests on if it takes the ground; the outer end of the floors. The "turn of the bilge" is the part of the hull th...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Berth (hist) [505 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A location in a port or harbor used specifically for mooring vessels while not at sea. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A safe margin...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Bend (hist) [250 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A knot used to join two ropes or lines. See also hitch. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To attach a rope to an object. </span>...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Belay (hist) [335 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To make a fast line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To secure a climbing person i...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Battle stations (hist) [435 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also general quarters or action stations. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. An announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal the cre...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Ashore (hist) [371 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. On the beach, shore, or land (as opposed to aboard or on board a vessel). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Towards the shore. <...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aloft (hist) [235 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the rigging of a sailing ship </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aid to navigation (ATON) (hist) [536 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn the...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Aftercastle (hist) [371 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> A stern structure behind the mizzenmast and above the transom on large sailing ships, much larger but less common than a forecastle. The aftercastle h...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Afloat (hist) [393 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (of a vessel) Floating freely (not aground or sunk). The term may also be used more generally of any floating object or person. </span><br/>...")
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 Adrift (hist) [756 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not underway. When referring to a vessel, it implies that the vessel is not being or a...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Salvage and Recovery (hist) [1,669 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Salvage and Recovery</b><br/> <span class="c24"> Underwater </span><span class="c13">[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/w...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Port and Harbor Design (hist) [1,455 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Port and Harbor Design</b><br/> <span class="c24"> An marine engineer may also deal with the planning, creation, expansion, and modification of...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Offshore Systems (hist) [2,856 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Offshore Systems</b><br/> <span class="c24 c50"> A number of systems designed fully or in part by marine engineers are used offshore - far away...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Environmental Engineering (hist) [1,208 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Environmental Engineering</b><br/> <span class="c24"> In every coastal and offshore project, environmental </span><span class="c13">[https://...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Deep Sea Systems (hist) [6,348 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Deep Sea Systems</b><br/> <span class="c55"> Life Support </span><br/> <span class="c24"> The design of underwater </span><span class="c...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Coastal Design and Restoration (hist) [1,939 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Coastal Design and Restoration</b><br/> <span class="c13">[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_engineering&sa=D...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Arctic Engineering (hist) [853 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Arctic Engineering</b><br/> <span class="c24"> In designing systems that operate in the arctic (especially scientific equipment such as </spa...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Cavitation (hist) [1,296 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Cavitation</b><br/> <span class="c13">[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Pollution control (hist) [2,526 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Pollution control</b><br/> <span class="c55"> Sulfur emission </span><br/> <span class="c24"> The burning of marine fuels releases harmful...")
- 19:30, 18 November 2023 Anti-fouling (hist) [2,691 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Anti-fouling</b><br/> <span class="c13">[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fouling&sa=D&source=editors&u...")
- 19:29, 18 November 2023 Hydrodynamic loading (hist) [355 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Hydrodynamic loading</b><br/> <span class="c24 c50"> In the same way that civil engineers design to accommodate wind loads on building and brid...")
- 19:29, 18 November 2023 Petroleum Engineering (hist) [547 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Petroleum Engineering</b><br/> <span class="c24"> A knowledge of marine engineering proves useful in the field of </span><span class="c13">[h...")
- 19:13, 18 November 2023 Straits, Channels And Canals (hist) [1,675 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<b style="font-size: large;">Straits, Channels And Canals</b><br/> <span class="c51"> Strait </span><span class="c67"> is a narrow water-body interconnecting two much...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Annex, Code, Convention And Protocol (hist) [2,619 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Annex, Code, Convention And Protocol</b><br/> <span class="c7"> The above stand out as the most confusing among the myriads of ship ter...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Gangway And Accommodation Ladders (hist) [1,305 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Gangway And Accommodation Ladders</b><br/> <span class="c7"> These are still the two most often interchanged ship terms used on vessels...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Swinging Circle And Turning Circle (hist) [1,474 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Swinging Circle And Turning Circle</b><br/> <span class="c7"> Swinging and Turning Circles – ship terms related to vessel navigation...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Derricks And Cranes (hist) [1,680 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Derricks And Cranes</b><br/> <span class="c7"> Derricks and Cranes are both ship terms related to lifting appliances. Derricks are now...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Density and Specific Gravity (hist) [1,175 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Density and Specific Gravity</b><br/> <span class="c7"> These ship terms are more to do with Tanker Officers and Crew. </span><br/>...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Gulf and Bay (hist) [1,171 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Gulf and Bay</b><br/> <span class="c7"> The world’s waterbodies are divided into Oceans, Seas, Gulfs, Bays, Rivers, Estuaries, Lakes,...")
- 19:31, 11 November 2023 Tonnage (hist) [1,689 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Tonnage</b><span class="c35"> refers to the size or cargo-carrying capacity of a ship. The term originates from the "tun," a large cask...")
- 19:30, 11 November 2023 Bulkheads (hist) [1,013 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Bulkheads</b><br/> <span class="c7"> Bulkheads are vertical partitions or walls arranged either longitudinally or transversely. The arr...")
- 19:30, 11 November 2023 Platings (hist) [1,237 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<br/> <b style="font-size: large;">Platings</b><br/> <span class="c7"> The hull structure comprises joined plates whose thickness depends on vessel type and size. As expe...")