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The document provides definitions and descriptions of various parts of a ship, including the anchor, bow, bowsprit, hull, keel, mast, port, rigging, rudder, sails (jibs, square sails, topsails, topgallant sails, royal sails, spanker), shrouds, starboard, stern, spar, yards. It includes a labeled diagram of a ship called Friendship identifying parts like the bowsprit, main mast, fore mast, mizzen mast, square sails, topsails, topgallant sails, royal sails, and port. Sailors need to know these parts to operate ships effectively.

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Parts Ship

The document provides definitions and descriptions of various parts of a ship, including the anchor, bow, bowsprit, hull, keel, mast, port, rigging, rudder, sails (jibs, square sails, topsails, topgallant sails, royal sails, spanker), shrouds, starboard, stern, spar, yards. It includes a labeled diagram of a ship called Friendship identifying parts like the bowsprit, main mast, fore mast, mizzen mast, square sails, topsails, topgallant sails, royal sails, and port. Sailors need to know these parts to operate ships effectively.

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National Park Service U.S.

Department of the Interior Salem Maritime National Historic Site Salem, Massachusetts

The Parts of a Ship


Hi kids! From my post on the Custom House, I have watched hundreds of vessels tie up at Derby Wharf. Im always impressed by how much sailors need to know about their ships. Here are just a few parts of a ship that I have heard sailors talk about over the years. Can you identify them on the other side of the page?
Anchor A large hook attached to the ship which is cast overboard and digs into the sea bed to keep the ship from moving. Bow The front of a vessel. Bowsprit A spar attached at an angle to the bow of a ship, used to hold jibs. Fore and Aft From the bow to the stern. Fore is towards the front, aft is towards the back. Hull The main body of the boat. Friendships hull has two decks. Keel The timber at the very bottom of the hull that runs from the bow to the stern, often called the ships backbone. Line The sailors word for a rope. Mast A large wooden spar used to hold up other spars and the rigging. Friendship has three masts: the fore mast, at the bow, the main mast, in the middle, and the mizzen mast, at the stern. Port When facing the bow, the left side of the ship. Rigging The lines that support the masts and move the sails. Rudder A blade attached under the stern used for steering.

Sails A ship like Friendship carries several dierent types of sails. Jibs Triangular sails at the front of the ship, attached to the bowsprit. Square Sails Rectangular sails that are placed square, or perpendicular, to the keel. Friendship carries 11 square sails. The lowest are the main sails, the next highest are the topsails, the third sails from the bottom are the topgallant (pronounced tgallant) sails, and at the very tops of the masts are the royal sails. Spanker The biggest sail at the stern of the ship.

Shrouds Heavy lines which hold up the masts from the sides of the vessel. Sailors use the ratlines on the shrouds to climb the masts. Starboard When facing the bow, the right side of the ship. Stern The back of a vessel. Spar - long pieces of wood used to support the sails and rigging. The bowsprit, masts and yards are all spars. Yards - horizontal spars that hold the square sails.

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Above is a drawing of the original Friendship. Can you identify the numbered parts of the ship using the glossary on the other side of the page?

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

If you are 11 years old or older, once you have identied the numbered parts of the ship, try to identify more of the parts of the ship. Starting with the number 8, label as many other parts of the ship as you can.

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