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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Naval architecture

side keelson

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fore-and-aft vertical plate member located above the bottom shell on each side of the center vertical keel and some distance therefrom

bulwark

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fore-and-aft vertical plating immediately above the upper edge of the sheer strake.

shelter deck ship

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Formerly, a ship having two or more complete decks, with scantlings and weather deck closing arrangements based on the uppermost deck being a superstructure deck and the second deck being the ...

shelter deck

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Formerly, a term applied to a superstructure deck running continuously from stem to stern and fitted with at least one tonnage opening.

settling tank

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fuel oil tanks used for separating entrained water from the oil. The oil is allowed to stand for a few hours until the water has settled to the bottom, when the latter is drained or pumped off.