Difference between revisions of "Ship"
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* [[SS Arizona]] | * [[SS Arizona]] | ||
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* [[Cutty Sark]] | * [[Cutty Sark]] | ||
* [[Exxon Valdez]] | * [[Exxon Valdez]] | ||
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* [[The Flying Cloud]] | * [[The Flying Cloud]] | ||
* [[RMS Lusitania]] | * [[RMS Lusitania]] | ||
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* [[The Niña]] | * [[The Niña]] | ||
* [[RMS Olympic]] | * [[RMS Olympic]] | ||
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* [[The Pinta]] | * [[The Pinta]] | ||
* [[RMS Queen Elizabeth]] | * [[RMS Queen Elizabeth]] | ||
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* [[German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee]] | * [[German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee]] | ||
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* [[USS Arizona]] | * [[USS Arizona]] | ||
* [[HMS Beagle]] | * [[HMS Beagle]] | ||
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* [[HMS Hood]] | * [[HMS Hood]] | ||
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* [[Japanese battleship Mikasa]] | * [[Japanese battleship Mikasa]] | ||
| + | * [[USS Maine]] | ||
* [[USS Missouri]] | * [[USS Missouri]] | ||
* [[USS Nautilus]] | * [[USS Nautilus]] | ||
| + | * [[USS Nimitz]] | ||
* [[RMS Olympic]] | * [[RMS Olympic]] | ||
* [[HMS Sovereign of the Seas]] | * [[HMS Sovereign of the Seas]] | ||
* [[Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad]] | * [[Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad]] | ||
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* [[HMS_Temeraire]] | * [[HMS_Temeraire]] | ||
* [[German battleship Tirpitz]] | * [[German battleship Tirpitz]] | ||
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* [[HMS Victory]] | * [[HMS Victory]] | ||
* [[CSS Virginia]] | * [[CSS Virginia]] | ||
* Japanese battleship [[Yamato]] | * Japanese battleship [[Yamato]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:53, July 24, 2007
Ship (Chinese: 船, Dutch: schip, French: navire, German: das Schiff, Greek: πλοίο, Japanese: 船, Russian: корабль, судно, Spanish: barco, navío). Ships are large watercraft capable of offshore navigation; a vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation. [1]
Ships can be measured in terms of overall length, length of the waterline, beam (breadth), depth (distance between the crown of the weather deck and the top of the keelson), draft (distance between the highest waterline and the bottom of the ship) and tonnage.
Some terms about ships:
- SHIPFITTER
A mechanic who makes templates, marks, assembles, and fastens in place plates and shapes for the hull of a ship. Should be able to do any fitting on ship.
- SHIP'S LOG
A book with a record of every occurrence and incident concerning the ship.
- SHIPWRIGHT
A ship builder, or one who works about a ship. Does wood carpentry on the ship and keeps ships faired. Builds launching ways and launches ship. [2]
Famous ships
| Civilian ships | Civilian ships | War ships | War ships |
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See also
External links
- Ship - Technology
- Glossary of Nautical and Shipbuilding Terms
- Ship Photo Galleries
- 20th Century Ships