Location
The top part of a ship, in the middle, from a side view.
What is the midship part?
The depth of the keel below the waterline at any point along the hull.
What is the freeboard?
Further aft than an object/location (e.g. midships is abaft the bow).
What is Abaft?
At a right angle to the ship.
What is Abeam?
The curve given to the surface of a deck so the water will drain away to the ship’s sides.
What is the Camber?
The back part of the ship.
What is the stern?
The height from the uppermost continuous deck/upperdeck to the waterline.
What is the draught?
In the direction of the stern of the ship.
What is Aft?
Towards the front of the ship.
The primary fore-and-aft part of a ship’s frame. It runs along the bottom connecting the stem and the stern.
What is the Keel?
between the back and middle, under the ship.
What is the After Part?
The greatest width of the hull.
The line joining the middle of the stem to the middle of the stern
What is the Centre Line?
Direction above (e.g. in the rigging of a mast)
What is aloft?
Moving to an upper deck
What is Up Top?
The front of the ship.
What is the fore-part?
The flat part of the hull’s bottom This term is also used to describe water, waste oil, and other liquids that collect at the bottom of a ship or in the bilge.
In the direction of the bow of the ship.
What is Forward?
Towards the back of the ship.
Across the ship relative to either the centre line or the sides
What is Athwartships?
Top, front of the ship.
A long fin projecting on each side of the bilge, designed to decrease rolling of the ship.
What is the knee?
At or near the middle part of the ship.
What is Midship?
Below a deck(s)
What is Below?
Inside the ship/toward or nearer the centre line.
Outside the ship/away from the centre line
What is Inboard?
What is Outboard?