Glossary
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- admiralty ferry
- ferry owed and operated by the Admiralty
- after hold
- that part of the hold which lies aft of the mainmast
- aircraft carrier
- a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
- aloft
- above the deck, usually high up in the rigging
- amidships
- the centre of the vessel, transversely and/or longitudinally
- amphibious operations vessel
- a military vessel participating in amphibious operations
- anchor
- a heavy metal implement dropped from the side of a boat which partly embeds in the sea/river/lake bottom and thus holds the vessel in position
- anchor chain
- the chain used to anchor vessel
- anchor crane
- a crane ususlly mounted forward in a vessel for stowing the anchor
- anchor handling craft
- a vessel which tows oil rigs to location and anchors them
- anchor windlass
- hand or mechanical winch used to raise or lower an anchor
- angle bar
- rolled iron or steel bar having an L shaped cross section
- angle iron
- L' shaped iron or steel plates used as stiffeners
- angle stringer
- longitudinal member made up of angle bars, sometimes strengthened by a bulb bar, usually fitted midway between the deck and the bilge
- anser pin
- metal bolt fitted through the hull side of a narrow boat to carry the tunnel hooks
- anti aircraft cruiser
- a large type of warship providing air defence for a fleet
- anti-fouling
- any specially prepared composition used for coating the bottom of a vessel to prevent marine growth
- apron
- a member jointed to the aft side of the stempost or false post, extending down to the deadwood. It may be bearded to take the fore-ends of the strakes.
- athwartships
- parallel to the vessel’s transverse axis
- auxilliary cruiser
- merchant ship converted into a vessel armed with cruiser-size guns, and employed either for convoy protection against true cruisers, or for commerce-raiding mission.
copper fastened:
a vessel whose plank fastenings are of copper rather than iron
