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Deck cargo. By s. 10 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 48), 'deck cargo' means any cargo carried either in any uncovered space on deck or in any covered space not included in the cubical contents forming the ship's registered tonnage. The (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 9), s. 61, gives the Board of Trade power to make regulations, known as 'timber cargo regulations,' as to the carrying of timber in any uncovered space on deck....
Quarter deck
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast including the poop deck when there is one...
Deck chair
a folding chair usually having arms and a full length leg rest used for relaxing on the deck of a ship at poolside etc Also called steamer chair...
Half decked
Partially decked...
main deck
The uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel...
Camber
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface as she has a high camber said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck...
Forecastle
A short upper deck forward formerly raised like a castle to command an enemys decks...
Frigate
Originally a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars The French about 1650 transferred the name to larger vessels and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line Frigates from about 1750 to 1850 had one full battery deck and often a spar deck with a lighter battery They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870 when the introduction of ironclads superseded them...
Hatchway
A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor affording passage from one deck or story to another the entrance to a cellar...
Beautify
To make or render beautiful to add beauty to to adorn to deck to grace to embellish...
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