Naval architecture

Naval architecture

The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.

Industry: Shipbuilding

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Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a plate which has been pressed or otherwise formed to a concave or convex shape. Used for heads of tanks, boilers, etc.

spar

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a pole serving as a mast, boom, gaff, yard, bowsprit, etc. Spars are made of both steel and wood.

fife rail; pin rail

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a rail worked around a mast and fitted with holes to take belaying pins for securing the running gears.

pawl

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a short piece of metal so hinged as to engage in teeth or depressions of a revolving mechanism for the purpose of preventing recoil. Fitted to capstans, windlasses, etc.

pall

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a short piece of metal so hinged as to engage in teeth or depressions of a revolving mechanism for the purpose of preventing recoil. Fitted to capstans, windlasses, etc.

yard

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a spar attached at its middle portion to a mast and running athwartship across a vessel as a support for a square sail, signal halyards, lights; etc.

seamstrap

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted edges of plating. Strap connections at the ends are called buttstraps.