Maritime Terms Flashcards
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What is Abandonship?
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Entirely to vacate a ship and to relinquish, or repudiate, all duties towards her preservation. Done only when the carrying out of these duties is impossible, or when the destruction of the ship is imminent.
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What does Abeam mean?
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Position or direction that lies at right angles to the ship’s fore and aft line.
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Who is an Able Seaman?
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An experienced seaman competent to perform the usual and customary duties on deck. In sailing ships, had to be able to ‘hand, reef and steer.’
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What does Aboard refer to?
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On board. In, into or inside a vessel close alongside.
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What does Abreast mean?
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Said of ships on parallel courses when a beam of each other. Objects inside a ship are abreast when they are in the same transverse line.
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What is Absolute Humidity?
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Weight of water held in a given volume of atmospheric air.
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What is Acceptance?
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A signing of a document as evidence of having read it, and/or readiness to fulfill its requirements.
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What are Accommodations on a ship?
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Spaces in a ship set apart from messrooms, sleeping places, ablutions, and recreation.
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What is an Accommodation Ladder?
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Sloping series of steps, usually of wood fitted with handrails and extending from waterline to an entry into the ship, to facilitate safe embarkation and disembarkation.
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What is an Act of God?
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Casualty due to extraordinary circumstances, to which there was no human contribution, and which could not have been foreseen or averted by the exercise of any amount of reasonable intelligence or endeavor.
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What are Admiralty Charts?
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Charts produced and issued by the Hydrographics Department of Admiralty.
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What does Adrift mean?
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Unattached to the shore or ground and at the mercy of wind and tide. Colloquially used to mean missing from its place, absent from place of duty, broken away from fastening.
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What does Ad Valorem mean?
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According to value. Used when goods referred to are assessed by their value, and not by weight or quantity.
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What is an Affidavit?
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Solemn declaration made before a person legally authorized to administer an oath.
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What does Affirmed mean?
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Ratified and confirmed.
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What does Afloat mean?
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Completely waterborne.
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What is After Peak?
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Enclosed space immediately forward of the stern frame. Enclosed by a transverse bulkhead and side and bottom plating. Used as a ballast tank or store.
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What is an Agreement in maritime terms?
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Short name for ‘Articles of Agreement’ entered into by a master and crew of a vessel.
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What does Aground mean?
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State of a vessel when she ceases to be completely waterborne and her weight is taken, partially or completely, by the ground.
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What does Ahead refer to?
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Direction in front of the ship. Position in front of the ship.
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What does ‘Ahoy’ mean?
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Seaman’s call to attract attention.
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What does All Aboard mean?
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Order to embark.
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What does All Hands refer to?
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All the crew.
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What does Alongside mean?
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Close beside a ship, wharf, or jetty. In charter parties, means that the ship is so close to the wharf or lighter that cargo can be transferred from one to the other by tackles.
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What are Amphibia?
Animals capable of living both under water and on land.
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What is Anchorage?
An area in which the holding ground is good and suitable for ships to anchor.
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What is an Anchor Bell?
Bell, in the fore part of the ship, rung during fog in accordance with Rule of 'Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea.' Sometimes used for indicating to the bridge the number of shackles of cable that are out.
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What does Anchor's Aweight mean?
Report that anchor has been hove out of ground and is clear of it.
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What is Anchor Stock?
Method of wooden shipbuilding in which butts of timbers were placed at the middle of timbers above and below.
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What is Anchor Watch?
Officer and a few men of duty watch who remain on deck when the ship is at anchor in an open roadstead.
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What is Antifouling?
Paints and preparations that attack and kill marine life that tries to attach itself to the ship's underwater skin.
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What is an Apprentice in maritime terms?
A minor who has been bound by indentures to serve a shipowner for a period-usually three or four years - in return for instruction in the duties of a deck officer, together with food, accommodation, and such money payments as may be agreed.
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What is an Arc?
Part of a circumference of a circle.
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What does Ashore mean?
On shore, on the land. Ship is ashore when aground on or near the shore.
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What does Astern mean?
Outside a ship and directly abaft her.
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What does Athwartships refer to?
Transversely across a ship. From one side to the other.
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What is an Automatic Helmsman?
Machine that is controlled by compass and controls steering engine. Automatically keeps head on a pre-selected course.
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What is an Awning?
Canvas spread above a deck to give protection from sun and rain.
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What are Backstays?
Ropes led from a mast to a position abaft it. They support the mast against forces acting in a forward direction.
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What is Barratry?
Any wrongful act knowingly done by the master or crew of a vessel to the detriment of the owner of either ship or cargo; and which was done without knowledge or consent of owners.
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What is a Beacon?
Erection on land, or in shoal waters, intended as a guide or warning to vessels navigating in sight of it. May be fitted with a light, or lights or may emit a radio signal.
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What does Bearing mean?
Direction in which an object, or position, lies from an observer.
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What is a Berth?
Place in which a vessel is moored or secured. Space around a vessel at anchor, and in which she will swing. An allotted accommodation in a ship. Employment aboard a ship.
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What does Between Decks refer to?
Between lower and upper decks.
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What is a Bilge Keel?
External keel placed along the bilge of a steel ship. It assists in stiffening, protects plating from stresses when on ground, reduces rolling at sea. All bilge keels cause a reduction in speed.
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What are Bilges?
Spaces, between margin plates and ship's side, into which water drains, and from which it can be pumped.
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What is a Binnacle?
Stand, of wood or metal, in which a compass is suspended and in which lighting and compensation units are carried.
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What are Binoculars?
A pair of small telescopes connected so that each eye looks through one of them, used by seamen either 'Prismatic or Galilean.
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What is a Boat Drill?
Statutory mustering at lifeboat stations so that all on board are fully aware of their duties and stations in the event of emergencies that require the use of boats.
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What is a Boom?
Spar for extending foot of sail; usually for fore and aft sails-but studding sails were sheeted to booms.
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What is a Boot Top?
Ship's side plating between light and load water lines.
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What is a Bow Thruster?
A controllable pitch propeller placed in an athwartship tunnel in the fore part of a ship open to the sea, which gives a transverse thrust to assist a ship when berthing or maneuvering at slow speed.
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What is Bulk Cargo?
Cargo such as grain, coal, iron, ore, etc., that is loaded in bulk and not in packages or containers.
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What is a Bulkhead?
Transverse, or fore and aft, vertical partition in a vessel to divide interior into compartments. Not necessarily watertight.
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What is Bulk Oil?
Cargo when carried in tanks instead of casks, drums, etc.
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What are Bulwarks?
Plating or wooden erection around outboard edge of upper deck to protect deck from entry of sea.
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What is Bunting?
Thin, woolen material used for making flags, ensigns, etc.
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What is a Buoy?
Floating object that is used to mark a position.
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What does Buoyancy refer to?
Difference between weight of an immersed, or partly immersed, object and the upward pressure of the liquid in which it is. If the weight be lighter the buoyancy will be positive; if the weight be heavier the buoyancy will be negative.
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What is a Cabin?
Small compartment in a ship set apart for use of an officer, passenger or other person.
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What is a Call sign?
Group of Morse signs allotted to a ship, or shore station, for identification purposes.
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What is a Cancelling Clause?
Inserted in a charter party, or other document, to entitle one party to withdraw from the contract if specified conditions are not observed.
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What is a Canoe?
Narrow-beamed craft propelled by paddles.
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What does Capsize mean?
To overturn or upset.
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What does Celestial refer to?
Pertaining to the sky.
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What is a Certificate of Clearance?
Issued to the master of an immigrant ship, by an immigration officer when the latter is satisfied that the ship is seaworthy, in safe trim, fit for the intended voyage, and that passengers and crew are fit in health.
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What is a Certificate of Freeboard?
International certificate, issued by an 'Assigning Authority,' detailing minimum permissible freeboards in stated areas at specified times. Often called 'Load Line Certificate.'
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What is a Certificate of Pratique?
Certificate issued by a medical officer of port to an arrived ship when he is satisfied that the health of crew is satisfactory. Pre-requisite to 'Entry Inwards.'
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What is a Certificate of Registry?
A vessel’s identity certificate issued by the government of a country through assigning authorities, after the vessel has been surveyed.
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What is a Certificate of Seaworthiness?
Certificate granted by a surveyor, or Court of Survey, when the seaworthiness of the vessel may be open to question, and after she has been examined and found seaworthy.
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What is a Channel?
Narrow arm of sea between two land areas. Deepest part of a body of water, and through which main current flows.
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What is a Charterer?
One who enters into a contract with a shipowner for the hire of a vessel, or for the carriage of goods by sea.
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What is a Charter party?
Document by which a shipowner leases his ship to some person or persons, or by which he agrees to carry goods or perform other services.
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What is a Cleat?
Metal or wood fitting having two projecting horns and fastened securely at the middle. Used for securing or controlling ropes.
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What is a Cofferdam?
Space between two bulkheads or walls, that receives and retains any liquid that has leaked through one wall.
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What is a Cold Front?
Line in which cold air inserts itself beneath a mass of warm air.
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What is a Compass Bearing?
Direction of an observed point or object as indicated by compass.
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What is a Compass Course?
Angle between North-South line of a magnetic compass and ship's fore and aft line.
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What is Compass error?
Angle that North-South line of compass makes with true meridian at a position.
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What are Compass Needles?
Magnetized steel needles of high retentivity, that tend to keep North-South line of compass card in magnetic meridian.
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What is a Compass Rose?
Graduated circles, on a chart, that indicate direction of true and magnetic North, and angular values from these points.
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What is a Consignee?
One to whom goods are sent.
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What is a Container Ship?
Merchant ship built to carry large containers of standard size packed with cargo.
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What does Contraband mean?
Prohibited, illegal. Applied to goods forbidden to be imported or exported.
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What is a Crew?
Personnel, other than Master, who serve on board a vessel.
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What are Crew Gangways?
Elevated gangways provided for crew in tankers. Extend from poop to bridge and from bridge to forecastle.
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What is a Crew List?
Nominal list of crew, their ages, birthplaces, nationality and rating, together with other particulars.
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What are Date Lines?
Line on which time zones - 12 hours and + 12 hours meet. The time is the same on either side, but the dates are one day different.
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What is a Davit?
Iron or steel (formerly wood) fitting projecting over ship's side for attachment of tackle for hoisting and lowering boat, accommodation ladder, anchor, store, etc.
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What is Dead Freight?
Money paid to ship for failure to provide a full cargo promised.
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What is Dead Reckoning?
Calculation of a ship's position by consideration of distance logged, courses steered and estimated leeway.
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What does Dead Weight refer to?
Total weight, in tons, of cargo, stores and fuel carried by a vessel at her maximum permitted draught.
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What is a Deck Hand?
Seaman, other than officer, who serves on deck. Man of 17 years of age, or over with at least one year's sea service.
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What is a Deck Officer?
In general, an officer whose duties are connected with the deck department.
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What is a Deck Watch?
Watch that is used for timing sights taken on deck. Is compared with chronometer.
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What is a Deep Tank?
Ballast tank extending from 'between deck to bottom of ship, and from shipside to shipside.
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What does Demise mean?
Temporary transfer of a vessel to another party under such terms and conditions that the owner ceases to have any control over her for the period of the charter.
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What is Demurrage?
Money paid to shipowner, by charterer, when his ship is detained beyond the lay days mentioned in a charter party.
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What is a Derrick?
Boom or spar used for hoisting or lowering weights. Made of wood or steel, controlled by guys, supported by topping lift.
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What is a Derrick Post?
Stump mast used for taking topping lift of a swinging derrick.
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What is Despatch Money?
Agreed amount paid by shipowner to receiver of cargo when cargo is discharged in less than the contracted time.
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What is a Diesel engine?
Oil engine in which ignition of fuel is caused by compression.
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What does Disembark mean?
To come out of a ship. To put off ship and put ashore.
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What does Distress mean?
In a state of danger and in need of assistance.
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What is a Dock?
Artificial excavation or construction in which ships can be placed for loading, unloading, fitting out, or repairing.
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What is a Double bottom?
Space between inner and other bottom plating of hull.
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What does Drift refer to?
Name given to ocean current that is generated and maintained by a more or less constant wind.
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What is a Dry dock?
Excavated dock, fitted with watertight entrance, from which water can be pumped to allow work to be done on underwater portion of a docked ship.
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What is Dunnage?
Any material, permanent or temporary, that is used to ensure good stowage, and protect cargo during carriage.
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What does Duty Free mean?
Exempted from customs duty.
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What is Ebb Tide?
Tide that is falling from high water to low water.
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What is Echo Sounding?
Ascertainment of depth of the water by use of an echo sounder.
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What is an Eclipse?
Cessation of light due to passing into a shadow.
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What is an Embargo?
Governmental restraining of the sailing of a ship from a port, or the shipment of specified cargo.
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What does Embarkation mean?
The going on board or putting on board a vessel.
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What is Engagement in maritime terms?
Act of hiring or employing.
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What is an Engineer?
Officer who is in charge of engines for the time being.
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What is an Engine Room?
Space in which main engines are situated, controlled and attended.
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What does Fast mean?
Hawser by which a vessel is secured. Said of a vessel when she is secured by fasts.
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What is a Foremast?
Forward mast in a vessel having two or more masts.
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What is a Fore Peak?
Space between the fore bulkhead and the stem of the ship.
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What is Embarkation?
The going on board or putting on board a vessel.
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What is Engagement?
Act of hiring or employing.
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What is an Engineer?
Officer who is in charge of engines for the time being. Certified officer competent to take charge of engines and to affect repairs and adjustment.
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What does 'Fast' mean?
Hawser by which a vessel is secured. Said of a vessel when she is secured by fasts.
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What is a Fore Peak?
Space between fore collision bulkhead and stern plating.
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What is Freeboard?
Height that outboard edge of deck is above water level.
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What is a Freeboard Certificate?
Load line-certificate, issued by an assigning authority acting on behalf of Government, stating the statutory freeboards of a vessel in specified areas and seasons.
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What is Fresh Water Allowance?
Amount that a loadline may be submerged when loading in water of less density than that of salt water.
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What is a Furnace?
That part of a boiler in which fuel is burnt. Can be internal or external.
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What is a Gangway?
Entrance into a ship at head of accommodation ladder. Steel or wooden bridge connecting ship with shore or with another vessel.
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What does Gas-Freeing refer to?
Removing pockets of gas from compartments of an oil-carrying vessel after cargo has been discharged.
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What does G.M.T. stand for?
Greenwich Mean Time.
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What is Gross Pressure?
Total pressure as differentiates from pressure that ignores atmospheric pressure. Steam gauges of boilers indicate pressures in excess of atmospheric pressure.
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What is Hail?
Precipitation of small pieces of ice, or small balls of packed snow, from cumulonimbus clouds.
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What is Hale?
Circle of light around a luminous body, particularly applied to such a circle around Sun or Moon when due to refraction caused by ice crystal in atmosphere.
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What is a Hatch?
Opening in deck that gives access to hold or space below.
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What is a Hatch Beam?
Removable section of a beam, on which hatch covers are laid. When removed, access to hold is given; when shipped, transverse strength is restored.
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What is Hatch Coaming?
Raised wall of steel, or other material, around a hatch, raised hatch covers above level of deck and carries fitting for securing covers.
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What is Hatch Money?
Gratuity formerly given to a shipmaster on right discharge of cargo.
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What is a Head Line?
Transporting line that is run from a vessel to a position ahead when warping.
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What does Heave mean?
To lift, to haul strongly; to haul in cable, to lift an anchor, to rise up; to throw as in heaving a lead.
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What is a Heaving Line?
Small line that is thrown so that end reaches a position outside ship, and allows connection to be established.
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What does Hoist mean?
To lift. Amount of goods lifted at one time.
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What is a Hull?
Body of ship excluding interior fittings.
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What is Humidity?
Moistness of atmosphere due to its water vapor content.
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What is a Hurricane?
Violent cyclonic storm, especially around Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Seaboard of U.S.A., West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. Any wind of Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale.
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What are Intercardial Points?
Those points halfway between the cardinal points of a compass.
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What is Jacob's ladder?
Jack ladder, particularly one going up a royal mast, or from a boat to a swinging boom.
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What is the Jansen Clause?
Included in a policy of marine insurance to relieve insurer's of a liability for losses less than 3 percent of insured value.
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What is a Keel?
Principal member of ship construction. Lies fore and aft along the center line of bottom. May be an internal or external construction.
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What is a Knot?
Nautical knot of velocity representing a speed of 6080 ft. per hour, 101.3 ft. per minute, 1.69 ft. per second. Nearly equal to 0.5 meters per second.
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What is a Label Clause?
Inserted in policies of marine insurance covering bottled goods. Excludes claims for damaged or discolored labels.
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What are Lay Days?
Days allowed by charter party for loading and/or discharging cargo.
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What is Leeway?
Distance a vessel is forced to leeward of her course by action of wind, angle between ship's projected course and her track through the water.
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What does Let go mean?
Of an anchor. To let it drop in the water.
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What is a Letter of Indemnity?
Document given by the person to another whereby the person issuing the letter renounces any claim he may have in specified circumstances.
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What are Lifeboats?
Boats compulsorily carried in a ship for preservation of crew and passengers in the event of foundering or wreck.
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What is a Lifeboatman?
One who mans a shore-based lifeboat.
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What is Lifeboat Service?
Saving, or attempted saving, of vessels, or of life and property, on board vessels wrecked, aground, sunk, or in danger of being sunk, wrecked, or grounded.
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What is a Lifejacket?
A jacket made buoyant by 35 oz. of kapok or other equally buoyant material, or by being inflated by air, and constructed so that an unconscious wearer will float with his face above water.
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What is a Lifeline?
Rope rigged or attached for purposes of security or rescue.
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What is Life-Saving Apparatus?
Gear placed at certain positions ashore for rescue of personnel shipwrecked in the vicinity.
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What are Life-Saving Appliances?
All boats, rafts, buoys, jackets, line throwing apparatus, and other appliances and stores carried for lifesaving purposes.
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What is a Life-Saving Rocket?
Pyrotechnic missile fired from ashore to pass over a stranded vessel and carry a line to establish communication between ship and ashore.
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What is Lifting Gear?
Derrick and cranes, with all their furniture and attachments, used when lifting and lowering weights.
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What is Load draught?
Vertical distance from lowest part of keel to load water line.
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What are Load lines?
Marks cut into ship's side plating and painted. They indicate maximum draughts to which vessels may be loaded in specified circumstances.
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What is a Lubber Line?
Vertical line on fore side of inside of compass bowl, and in fore and aft line of ship. Compass reading in line with it is the direction of the ship's head.
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What does Lunar pertain to?
Pertaining to Moon. Particularly applied to method of longitude by measurement of Moon's distance from other heavenly bodies.
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What does Making Way mean?
Moving ahead or astern through the water.
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What is a Manhole?
Perforation in a boiler shell, tank top or other enclosed space, to allow a man to enter.
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What is a Manifold?
Group of valves for pump suctions and deliveries. Small compartment in which such valves are placed.
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What is Manila Rope?
Made from Manila hemp. Contains natural oil, so does not need tarring. Is about three-quarter weight of hemp rope of the same size, and has a higher breaking point.
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What does Maneuver mean?
Regulated change of direction, position or speed to attain a desired end.
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What are Manropes?
Protective ropes at side of a ladder or inclined wooden steps. Short ropes, used when embarking or disembarking from or into boats from lower platform of accommodation ladder.
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What is a Mariner?
In general, a person employed in a sea-going vessel. In some cases, applied to a seaman who works on deck.
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What is Maritime Law?
Law as relating to shipping, seamen, navigation and harbours.
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What is a Maritime Lien?
Legal right of Master to have a ship held as security for wages unpaid. Takes precedence over any other lien on ship.
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What is a Mate?
An officer assistant to Master. A Chief Officer responsible for stowage and care of and organization of work of seamen, in addition to navigating duties.
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What is a Mate's Log?
Book kept by Mate, recording work done by crew and, with particular emphasis, all matters concerning stowage, carriage, ventilation and discharge of cargo.
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What is a Mate's Receipt?
Documents signed by Mate when goods for carriage are received.
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What does Mayday mean?
The international spoken radiotelephony for distress.
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What is Mist?
Thin fog that reduces visibility to less than two miles.
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What is a Monkey Fist?
Knots sometimes put in end of heaving line to increase its carrying power.
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What are Monkey Islands?
Screened navigating and compass position on top of a wheel house or chart house.
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What is a Monsoon?
Persistent wind that blows from one direction in summer, and from an approximate opposite direction in winter.
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What is Morse Code?
Alphabet and numbers used in signaling. Each number or letter is represented by a long sign, a short sign or the combination of them.
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What is a Mushroom anchor?
Umbrella shaped anchor invented in 1809 by Hemman of Chatham.
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What does Muster mean?
To assemble at a specified place.
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What is the Name of Ship?
That name appearing in her certificate of registry. Is cut or punched in her bow and stern.
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What does Nautical pertain to?
Pertaining to ships, seamen or navigation.
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What is a Nautical Almanac?
Annual volume, published by the Admiralty, giving astronomical information essential to navigation.
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What is Nautical Distance?
Length of rhumb line intercepted by two positions.
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What is a Nautical Mile?
Length of arc of 1' of meridian in latitude of position of measurement.
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What does Navigable mean?
Capable of being safely navigated.
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What does Navigate mean?
To direct and control a ship.
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What is Navigation?
Art and Science of conducting a ship from one place to another.
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What is a Navigator?
A person skilled in the art and practice of navigation, in charge of the navigation of a ship.
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What is Net Tonnage?
Ship measurement derived from gross tonnage by deducting spaces allowed for crew and propelling power.
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What is the North Pole?
Northern extremity of Earth's axis of rotation.
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What is the North Star?
Star Polaris, Ursa Minoris.
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What is a Notary Public?
Public official who is authorized to take statements on oath, and who keeps a record of all statements so made.
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What is a Notice To Mariners?
Periodical, or casual, notices issued by Hydrographic Department, or other authority, regarding changes in lights, buoys, and other navigational aids.
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What is an Oar?
Rowing implement made of wood and consisting of a blade, a long shaft and a loom that forms a hand-grip.
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What is an Observation?
Measurement of altitude and bearing of heavenly body. Measurement of tidal phenomena.
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What is an Obstruction?
In a chart, signifies something below chart datum that is a possible menace to navigation.
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What is an Officer of the Watch?
Officer in charge of a watch for the time being.
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What does Oiling mean?
Taking in oil fuel. Lubricating machineries.
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What is Open Sea?
The sea when observer is in such a position that there is an uninterrupted sea horizon.
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What is an Ordinary Seaman?
Seaman aged 18, or more, who has qualified to be rated able seaman.
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What does Overhaul mean?
To examine with a view to repairing or refitting.
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What does Overload mean?
To take excessive weight into a ship so that the appropriate load line becomes submerged.
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What does Overtaking mean?
Coming to another vessel from any point abaft the other vessel's beam.
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What is Panama Canal tonnage?
Computation for tonnage of ships passing through Panama Canal, approximates net registered tonnage, but has important differences.
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What is a Parallel Ruler?
Rulers used for drawing and transferring courses and bearings on a chart always moving with their edges parallel.
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What are Perils of the Sea?
In policies of insurance and in bills of lading it denotes fortuitous accidents and casualties due to the sea.
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What is a Petty Officer?
Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings.
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What is a Pilot?
Qualified person authorized to pilot incoming and outgoing vessels in pilotage area.
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What is Pilotage?
Service duties, remuneration or establishment of a pilot or pilots.
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What are Pilotages?
Fees and charges for pilotage service.
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What is a Pilot Boat?
Small craft used for embarking or disembarking pilot in sheltered waters.
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What is the Pole Star?
Polaris, navigational star that is nearest to North Pole of heavens.
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What is a Port?
Harbor or haven in which shipping can lie in safety.
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What is Port Clearance?
Document certifying that vessel has liberty to leave port.
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What does Pounding mean?
The heavy falling of a ship into the sea, or on the ground, after having been lifted by wave action.
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What is Pratique?
Permission for a vessel to traffic or have communication with the shore.
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What is a Promenade Deck?
One of the decks of a passenger steamer. Usually more or less open and free from obstruction.
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What is a Promissory Note?
Written and stamped undertaking to pay a specified sum of money on or before a specified date.
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What is a Propeller?
Instrument by which a vessel is propelled. Attached to after end of the shaft that is connected to engine.
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What does Propulsion mean?
The driving forward of a vessel.
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What is a Protest?
Statement under oath, made before a notary public, concerning an actual out of a marine adventure.
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What is a Quadrant?
Quarter of a circle. Nautical reflecting instrument that preceded sextant and measured angles up to 90 degrees.
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What does Quarantine mean?
Segregation and restraint of a vessel coming from an infected port.
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What is a Quartermaster?
In R.N. is a petty officer, or other responsible rating, who works under the officer of the watch.
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What is a Quay?
Artificial erection protruding into the water to facilitate loading and discharge of cargo.
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What is a Racon?
A radar beacon which transmits a signal on receiving a radar signal from a ship.
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What is Radar?
Electronic system by which the bearing and distance of an object are found by the emission of a radio pulse.
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What is a Radar Beacon?
A radio transmitter transmitting signals at radar frequencies which can be received and identified by a ship's radar set.
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What is Radiation?
Emission of energy, such as light or heat, in the form of electro-magnetic waves.
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What is Radio?
General name for methods of signaling or communicating through space by electromagnetic waves.
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What is a Radio Beacon?
A radio station which sends out special signals for reception by a ship's radio direction finder.
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What is a Rating?
Seaman other than an officer.
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What is a Ration?
Stipulated amount of provision for a specified period.
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What is Register Tonnage?
Measurement of a ship, based on internal capacity, as entered in her Certificate of Registry.
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What is energy in the form of electromagnetic waves that do not heat the medium?
Energy, such as light or heat, in the form of electro-magnetic waves that do not heat the medium through which they pass.
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What is the general name for methods of signaling or communicating through space by electromagnetic waves?
Radio.
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What is a radio beacon?
A radio station which sends out special signals for reception by a ship's radio direction finder, the bearing of the radio beacon being thus obtained.
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What does the term 'rating' refer to in maritime context?
Seaman other than an officer.
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What is a ration in maritime terms?
Stipulated amount of provision for a specified period.
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What is register tonnage?
Measurement of a ship, based on internal capacity, as entered in her Certificate of Registry. Can be Net or Gross.
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What is relative humidity?
Humidity at atmosphere when expressed as percentage of the humidity of saturated air.
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What is repatriation of seaman?
The sending of a seaman to a proper return port in his own country.
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What is the right of way in maritime context?
Legal right of a vessel to maintain her course and speed in the vicinity of another vessel.
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What does risk of collision refer to?
Exists when two vessels are situated such that a collision will be inevitable unless one vessel, at least, takes avoiding action.
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What is rolling in maritime terms?
Thwartship swinging of a vessel when in a seaway.
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What is the rule of the road?
Seaman's usual name for the 'Regulation for the Prevention of Collision at Sea.'
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What is a running fix?
Determination of a ship's position by taking a line of bearing, running a known distance, transferring next line to a new position and crossing it with another position line.
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What are running lights?
Statutory navigational lights shown by a vessel when under way.
