1 Chapter 1 the Ship’s Stru ctu re and Bridge Equ ipments Ship’s Structure The foremost part is called the bow and the rearmost part is called stern
When standing in a ship and facing the bow,the left-hand side is called port side and the right-hand side is called the starboard side
All permanent housing above the main deck is known as superstructure
At the fore end is the forecastle
At the after end is the poop
The main part of a ship is the hull
This is the area between the main decks,the sides and the bottom
It is made up of frames covered with plating
The hull is divided up into a number of watertight compartments by decks and bulkheads
Bulkheads are vertical steel walls going across the ship and along
Decks divide the hull horizontally
Those dividing up cargo spaces are kno