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Carrack
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- Three-masted trading vessel similar to the caravel, but larger.
- An armed merchantman; similar to a caravel, but larger and more robust with heavy cannon on tall fore- and stern-castles. in 1560 english admiral john hawkins discovered that lowering the excep- carbine 64 tionally high forecastle made the ship faster and more maneuverable, thereby creating the forerunner of the galleon.
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Merchantman, английский
- Any non-naval passenger- or cargo-carrying vessel, including cargo ships, tankers, and passenger ships but excluding troopships.
- A trading vessel employed in importing and exporting goods to and from any quarter of the globe.
- A vessel engaged in commercial trade, excluding vessels operating solely within harbor limits, and river and estuarial craft (also merchant ship, cargo ship, freighter).
Forecastle, английский
- A partial deck, above the upper deck and at the head of the vessel; traditionally the sailors` living quarters. pronounced /?fo?ks?l/. the name is derived from the castle fitted to bear archers in time of war.
- The raised part of the forward end of a ship`s hull. the inside space may be used for crew accommodation or quarters, though on new ships this space is being used for the storage of paints, tackle, deck and engine stores, tarpaulins, etc.
- Бак, баковая надстройка корабля, носовой кубрик
- Once a short deck placed in the fore-part of a ship above the upper deck; it was usually terminated, both before and behind, in vessels of war by a breast-work, the foremost part forming the top of the beak-head, and the hind part, of the fore-chains. it is now applied in men-of-war to that part of the upper deck forward of the after fore-shroud, or main-tack block, and which is flush with the quarter-deck and gangways. also, a forward part of a merchantman under the deck, where the seamen live on a platform. some vessels have a short raised deck forward, which is called a top-gallant forecastle ; it extends from the bow to abaft the fore-mast, which it includes.
- (pronounced foak-sel) [1] a deck above the forward end of the main deck. [2] formerly, crew accommodation below that deck. [3] the term now applies to the berths for deck crews wherever they may be located. often abbreviated fo’c’sle.
Forerunner, английский
- A precursor, an avant-courier.
- [1] a small piece of red bunting set into a logline before the first knot, thus allowing some 12–14 fathoms (70–85 feet) to run out and clear the ship’s deadwater before estimating its speed. [2] one of a series of long low swells which sometimes presage a storm. [3] a portent or omen.
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Neap-tide, английский
Tide period in which high water is lowest.
Beam, английский
The widest dimension of a boat`s hull.
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