PARTS OF A SHIP

• Rudder is a flat piece or structure of wood or metal causing the vessel’s head to turn.
• Propeller is a rotating device which drives a ship through water.
• Stern is the after back end of a vessel.
• Bow is the forward end of a vessel.
• Keel is the principal fore and aft member of a ship’s frame.
• Hull is the body of a ship, including shell plating.
• Superstructure: Deck houses and navigating bridge which are located above shelter deck.
• Accommodation area is the house for crews and lives. It has all the amenities, including offices, gym, crew cabins, hospital, salon, recreation room, common rooms, laundry, and galley.
• Engine Room is the largest compartment for machinery space
• Bridge is a deck from which the ship is navigated.
• Monkey Island is a sort of deck located at the topmost accessible height of the ship and just above the bridge.
• Mast a large long spar, placed nearly vertical on centerline of the ship.
• Funnel is a smokestack of a vessel.
• Cargo Tank/Hold is compartment for cargo.
• Ballast Tank is watertight compartment to hold ballast.
• Forecastle Deck the forward upper portion of the hull.
• Poop Deck the first deck above shelter deck at after end of a vessel.
• Anchor is a heavy hook-shaped device for holding a ship at rest in water. It grips the ocean bottom fastened to the ship by a chain.
• Bow thrusters are a type of propeller-shaped system fitted either on the bow (forward part) and stern part (known as a stern thruster) of the ship.
• Cargo Gear means all cargo lifting equipment installed onboard and this includes deck cranes, derricks and other lifting appliances.