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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binnacle

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A stand or box for holding and illuminating a compass.

cofferdam

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Narrow void space between two bulkheads or floors that prevents leakage between the adjoining compartments.

wheel

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Often used informally to mean propeller.

load on top

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Oil separated from water (as the residue from cleaning cargo tanks) is loaded on top of the vessel's next cargo, rather than being pumping overboard without separation. Slop tanks are provided in ...

shroud

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

One of the principal members of the standing rigging, consisting of wire rope that extends from the mast head to the ship's side, affording lateral support for a mast.

Outboard column-like support or vee-arranged supports for the propeller shaft, used on some ships with more than one propeller instead of bossings. Also, any short structural member intended to carry ...