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- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+640) . . N Lay (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To come and go, used in giving orders to the crew, e.g. "lay forward" or "lay aloft", respectively indicating that the crew should move to the forw...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+817) . . N Launch (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The largest ship's boat carried by a warship – usually an open boat and, in more recent times, fitted with an engine. Historically, both were fit...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+222) . . N Langrage (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Another name for canister shot. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Solid shot suitable for damaging rigging. </span><br/> <span c...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+405) . . N Knighthead (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mitred backing timber that extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit....") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+389) . . N Junk (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Old cordage past its useful service life as lines aboard a ship. The strands of old junk were teased apart in a process known as "picking oakum"....") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+757) . . N Jacob's ladder (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also Jacobs ladder. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A flexible hanging ladder consisting of vertical ropes or chains supporting horizon...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+701) . . N Jackstay (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A rope, bar, or batten running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2....") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+808) . . N Jack (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A sailor. Also jack tar or just tar. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (jack flag) A national or other official flag flown on a short...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+594) . . N Inboard (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated within a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel and positioned close (or closer relative to anoth...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+618) . . N Hulk (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship, often an old ship or one that has become obsolete or uneconomical to operate, that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed and is...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+472) . . N Hog (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A fore-and-aft structural member of the hull fitted over the keel to provide a fixing for the garboard planks. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+918) . . N Horse (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal bar (sometimes a shaped aluminum extrusion), running athwartships, to which a sheet is attached with a traveler that slides along the horse...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+276) . . N Helm (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A ship's steering mechanism, such as a tiller or ship's wheel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The wheel and/or wheelhouse area....") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+458) . . N Heel (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lean caused by the wind's force on the sails of a sailing vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The inclination or canting of...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+513) . . N Head (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of the ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The forwardmost or uppermost portion of any indivi...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+885) . . N Gun deck (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Up through the 19th century, a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. </span><br/>...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+623) . . N Guard ship (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Any vessel that makes the rounds of a fleet at anchor to see that due watch is kept at night. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A wars...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+738) . . N Guards (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also paddle guards and wheel guards. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. (on an oceangoing sidewheel steamship) Horizontal structures, usua...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+266) . . N Grommet (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A metal or plastic ring inserted in canvas to prevent wear. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A ring of rope. </span><br/> <span...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+597) . . N Galley (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (galley (kitchen)) The compartment of a ship where food is cooked or prepared; a ship's kitchen. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (ga...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+989) . . N Frigate (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the 17th century, any warship built for speed and maneuverability. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In the 18th and early 19th cen...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+761) . . N Foul (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; the opposite of clear. For instance, a rope is foul when it does...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+2,043) . . N Fleet (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Naval fleet: The highest operational echelon of command of ships commanded by a single person in a navy, and typically the largest type of naval fo...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+245) . . N Foot (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The lower edge of any sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The bottom of a mast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 3. An...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+308) . . N Fish (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To repair a mast or spar with a fillet of wood. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To secure an anchor on the side of a ship for sea (o...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+294) . . N Fireman (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also stoker, boilerman, or watertender. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A job associated with tending the fire for a boiler. </sp...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+587) . . N Fair (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull with minimum localized deviations. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To make s...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+683) . . N Dock (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In American usage, a fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port, generally synonymous with pier and wharf, except...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+443) . . N Dinghy (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A type of small boat, often carried or towed as a ship's boat by a larger vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A small racing yac...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+277) . . N Dandy (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A rig with a small mizzen abaft the steering post. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In British usage, another name for a yawl....") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,450) . . N Cutter (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A sailing vessel defined by its rig. In European waters this is a single-masted fore and aft rig with two or more headsails In North American water...") (current)
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,349) . . N Cruiser (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. From the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, a classification for a wide variety of gun- and sometimes torpedo-armed warships, usually but no...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+419) . . N Corsair (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A French privateer, especially one from the port of St-Malo. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Any privateer or pirate. </span><...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,045) . . N Commodore (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+391) . . N Come about (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+575) . . N Class (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+305) . . N Cheeks (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+438) . . N Chalupa (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+374) . . N Cat (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+750) . . N Captain (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+393) . . N Brown-water navy (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+724) . . N Breaker (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+717) . . N Broadside (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+409) . . N Bowline (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+260) . . N Bottom (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+457) . . N Boom (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+356) . . N Bombard (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+358) . . N Boat (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+645) . . N Bluejacket (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+286) . . N Board (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+819) . . N Bilge (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+505) . . N Berth (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+250) . . N Bend (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>...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+335) . . N Belay (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+371) . . N Ashore (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. <...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+435) . . N Battle stations (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . N Aloft (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+536) . . N Aid to navigation (ATON) (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+371) . . N Aftercastle (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+756) . . N Adrift (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...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+393) . . N Afloat (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/>...") (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Annex, Code, Convention And Protocol (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Gangway And Accommodation Ladders
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Swinging Circle And Turning Circle (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Derricks And Cranes (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Fairleads, Chocks, Bitts, Bollards, Bilge And Dolphins
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Density and Specific Gravity
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Straits, Channels And Canals
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Gulf and Bay (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Platings (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Bulkheads (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Keel (current)
- 22:33, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Scantling
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Salvage and Recovery
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Port and Harbor Design
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Offshore Systems
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Environmental Engineering
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Deep Sea Systems
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Coastal Design and Restoration
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Arctic Engineering
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Cavitation
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Anti-fouling
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Pollution control
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Stability
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Hydrodynamic loading (current)
- 22:32, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-287) . . Petroleum Engineering
- 22:31, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-246) . . Terms and Definitions (current)
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-423) . . Winches
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-351) . . Wave Gauges
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-350) . . Underwater Positioning and Tracking Systems
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-350) . . Tide Gauges
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-342) . . Sonar
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-328) . . Seals
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-329) . . Remote Sensing (current)
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-354) . . Releases
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-342) . . Pressure Housings
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-386) . . Physical Oceanographic Sensors
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-347) . . Optical Oceanographic Sensors (current)
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-347) . . Magnetometers (current)
- 22:29, 29 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-337) . . Lighting
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