Merchant Ships and Shipping

abaft accommodation amidships anchor angle arrangements assigned ballast beam BILGE blade block coefficient breadth built bulkhead cargo ships cavitation cent centre of buoyancy centre of gravity chain cable Classification Society compartment condition crew curve davits deadweight deck ship deduction depth displacement double bottom draught dry cargo ships effective length efficient engine equipment fitted fore forecastle forward frames freeboard deck ft in length fuel GIRDER gross tonnage hatchways hovercraft hull hydrofoil keel launching lifeboats light Lloyd's Register load line load-line longitudinal machinery space maximum means measured Merchant Shipping Act metacentric height Midship section moulded navigation passenger ships port position propeller Register of Shipping Regulation rivet Rules second deck sheer shell plating ship's shown in Figure side special survey speed stability standard height steam steel stern strake structure surface tank top tankers timber tons transverse trim upper deck vertical vessel waterline watertight welding