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In 1912, hard a' starboard meant turning the ship's STERN to starboard and the bow to port. Today this would be called hard a 'port. So the bow of the ship did indeed turn to the left, causing the iceberg strike on the starboard side.
The opposite of starboard (right side) is port (left side).
Starboard
True-port & starboard.
As you stand on a ship and face the prow, the left hand side is called Port and the right hand side is called Starboard.
Starboard on any boat or ship is the righthand side, port is the lefthand side. Port use to be called larboard.
starboard is the right of a boat. port is either where large ships are docked or the left of a boat. the way i remember it is port= 4 letters, left= 4 letters.
"Starboard" is the right-hand side of a ship or aircraft as one faces forward. The opposite side is called "port".
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
Port is left and starboard is right.
left side is port and right side is starboard
That would be called the PORT side of the ship. Right is Starboard.