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What is a ships right hand side called?
starboard!
Small opening in the side of a boat?
It's called a "Gangway"
A bundle of rope hung over a ships side to protect it from damage is called a?
A fender :)D
What are the sides of ships called?
The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, which means the side from which the ship is steered. Earlier before ships had rudder on their center line to steer them they were steered using the rows. Most of the rowers were right handed, so it was common for the ships to have bigger oars on its right side to assist in steering the ship. So naturally the right side of the ship was called steorbord side of the ship. The ship would naturally berthed on the left side to avoid damage to the large oars on the right side. Earlier the left side of the ship used to be called larboard side, but it was easy to get confused in high winds between starboard and larboard. So larboard side was replaced by port side. In short the right side of the ship is called the STARBOARD SIDE and the left side of the ship is called PORT SIDE.
Do sailing ships have holes in the side?
It depends on whether you are talking about regular cargo ships or warships which under sail were called "men o war". Cargo ships do not have holes in the sides but the war ships had holes, above the water line, for them to poke the cannons through. Hence you could say the "men o war" had holes in the side but not cargo or passenger ships.
Was the uss monitor on the unions side?
Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'. Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
How did ships port side originate?
The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, which means the side from which the ship is steered. Earlier before ships had rudder on their center line to steer them they were steered using the rows. Most of the rowers were right handed, so it was common for the ships to have bigger oars on its right side to assist in steering the ship. So naturally the right side of the ship was called steorbord side of the ship. The ship would naturally berthed on the left side to avoid damage to the large oars on the right side. Earlier the left side of the ship used to be called larboard side, but it was easy to get confused in high winds between starboard and larboard. So larboard side was replaced by port side. In short the right side of the ship is called the STARBOARD SIDE and the left side of the ship is called PORT SIDE.
What is the name for the opening in or near a volcano?
If you look at the volcano side ways that little curve on top is called a cradle i think
What were the ships called in the potato famine?
the ships carrying emigrants were called "coffin" ships
Why were coofin ships called coffin ships?
Coffin ships were called coffin ships because lots of people died on them
why were the vikings' ships called called ships?
Because they were ships? Do you mean longships? They were long and thin.
What is a bundle of rope hung over a ships side called?
after many years of making these things i can tell you for a fact there called kurrcie (kur-sy)
