Unit 3 Ship Structures
Unit 3 Ship Structures
a c d b
n h
stern stem
e g
k j e
f i l m i f
f =eforepeak
kd=h
i=b=upper /
==nsteering-engine
l=alower
collision afterpeak
j=cgboatswain’s
=m (tanks)
forecastle (deck)hold
=
=double
superstructure
engine
=
‘tween
chain
hold
cofferdam
maindeck
bulkheads
/
bottom
locker
room
deck(tanktop)
lower
deck
locker
room
THE FORE-AND-AFT LINE
The fore and aft line separates
fore-and-aft line
starboard
STEM AND STERN
The extreme fore end of the vessel is called stem;
the extreme aft end of the vessel is called stern.
s
DECKS AND BULKHEADS
Decks and bulkheads are horizontal and
vertical separations that form the
holds and spaces.
DECKS
Upper deck (main deck / weather deck)
Tween deck
APB FPB
D
THE PEAK TANKS
Afterpeak. Forepeak.
s
WATERTIGHT SPACES.
Steering-engine room
Engine room
s
CHAIN LOCKER
S
COFFERDAMS
Cofferdams are transverse or longitudinal spaces
between tanks that prevent leaking.
s Transverse cofferdams.
CROSS SECTION
The longitudinal cofferdam
runs fore to aft.
sound
Longitudinal cofferdam.
SHIP NOMENCLATURE
(Bulk Carrier)
FUNNEL
SUPERSTRUCTURE
STERN
HATCHES
STARBOARD
FORECASTLE
SIDE
PORT
FOREMAST
SIDE
HULL
MAIN DECK
BOW
Laurie / Marty
SHIP NOMENCLATURE
(Bulk Carrier)
Propeller / Rudder
Hold