Parts of vessel

by: Juan Jos Lpez

Depth
Is a measured vertically

from the lowest point of

the hull orndinarily from
the bottom of the keel
to the side of any deck
that you may choose as
a referent point.

Lenght
Is a distance between the forwardmost and

aftermost part of the ship, the more comonly

useless measured is lenght over all or loa,
lengt between perpendiculars or lbp, lenght
on load waterline or lwl.

Bow
Is the front part of the ship.

In the bow are located the boulbous bow that

is the part that modify the way that the water

flows oround the hull.

The bow trusther is a cross propulsion device

build into the bow of the ship.

Stern
Is the rear part of the ship

The rudder is device ubicated in the stern that

is used to steer a ship

Funnel
Definition: Is the

smokestack or chimney on a
ship used to expel boiler
steam and smoke or engine
exhaust. They are also
commonly referred to as
stacks.
Etymology: Armor. founil,
funnel, W. ffynel, air hole,
chimney.
Image take
from:http://www.beyondship
s.com/CarnivalSensationTour-6.html

cockpit
Definition: the part of a

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boat where the controls

are.
Etymology: The word
cockpit was originally a
sailing term for the
coxswain's station in a
Royal Navy ship, and later
the location of the ship's
rudder controls.
Used in nautical sense
(1706) for midshipmen's
compartment below decks

Propeller
Definition: type of fan that

transmits power by converting

rotational motion into thrust. A
pressure difference is produced
between the forward and rear
surfaces of the airfoil-shaped
blade, and a fluid (such as air or
water) is accelerated behind the
blade
Etymology: pro, forward, pellre,
to drive.
Image take from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prope
ller#/media/File:Ship-propeller.jpg

Rudder
Definition: Is a primary control

surface used to steer a ship,

boat, submarine, hovercraft,
aircraft, or other conveyance
that moves through a fluid
medium (generally air or water).
Etymology: is from c. 1300. For
shift of -th- to -d- compare
burden (n.1), murder (n.);
simultaneous but opposite to the
movement that turned.
Image take from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rud
der#/media/File:Brosen_propeler
sterntychy.jpg

Bulbous bow
Definition: A bulbous bow

is a protruding bulb at the

bow (or front) of a ship
just below the waterline.
Etymology: known as a
bulbous forefoot since
1910.
Image take from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Bulbous_bow#/media/
File:Passenger_ship_Zaan
dam_in_drydock.jpg

Bow
Definition: forward part of

the hull of a ship or boat,

the point that is usually
most forward when the
vessel is underway.
Etymology: "front of a ship,"
mid-14c., from Old Norse
bogr or Middle Dutch boech
"bow of a ship," literally
"shoulder (of an animal),"
the connecting notion being
"the shoulders of the ship.
Image take from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Bow_(ship)#/media/File:Bo

Stern
Definition: is the back or

aft-most part of a ship.

Etymology: early 13c.,
"hind part of a ship;
steering gear of a ship,"
probably from a
Scandinavian source, such
as Old Norse stjorn "a
steering," related to or
derived from styra "to
guide.
Image take from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/Stern#/media/File:Ship_t
ransom.JPG