The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval Architects, Shipbuilders and Owners, Marine Superintendents, Engineers and Draughtsmen |
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angle Awning Deck axis beam bending moment block block coefficient boat bridge-house bulkhead Buoyancy and Freeboard calculated Cargo-carrying cent centre of gravity classification societies COEFFICIENT OF FINENESS coko correction for sheer cubic feet cubic foot curve davits Deck at Side Deck Vessels deduct Depth and Length Diam diameter dimensions displacement draught First-class Sea-going Iron fitted Flanges foot forecastle frame FREEBOARD AMIDSHIPS WINTER Freeboard for First-class friction half-breadth HEIGHT OF FREEBOARD inertia keel keelson KNOTS less light Lloyd's Lloyd's Register load Main Deck Measured from Top MILLIMETRES moment of inertia Moulded Depth paddle steamer PERCENTAGE RESERVE BUOYANCY plating poop pounds riveted rope rudder rule Sailing Vessels Salt Water scantlings screw sheave shelter-deck ship Spar Deck speed steamers stem stern sternpost strake strength stress stringer Table of Reserve THICKNESS IN TWENTIETHS tonnage tons Top of Deck Vessels in Salt water line wood
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Page 674 - Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy...
Page 670 - A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length when at anchor shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 664 - ... height above the hull than forty feet, a bright, white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass...
Page 671 - ... (c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 666 - The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon, at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 672 - Pilot vessels when engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
Page 667 - ... shall be exhibited, in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.
Page 664 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible...
Page 671 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 670 - The white light required to be shown by this article may be fixed and carried in a lantern, but in such case the lantern shall be so constructed, fitted, and screened that it shall throw...