The leading edge of the bow. The bow is the pointy end.
Stem. Ships go from stem to stern, front to back.
The bow of the ship (sometimes the stem, as in "stem to stern") is at the front, and the stern is at the back. The left side is the port side, and starboard is the right side.
There is no "keelhaul." A ship's keel is the bottom of the ship from stem to stern. A crewman or anyone being seriously punished was dragged under the ship from the prow (stem) to the back (stern). Depending on how long the ship was, the person most likely drowned before reaching the stern. The person was keelhauled.
The front of a vessel be it a ship or boat, is the bow or stem. The back is the stern.
That would be the spine, to which the ribs are connected.
It is the Keel.
A tiller or ship's wheel, but neither will operate properlay without a keel or centerboard AND movement of water from stem to stern. River rafters, who rely on the river's current passing from stern to stem steer backwards!
the ship's aft is safer than the forward bcos if the ship sinks or capsizes in most cases the stem will go into the water first .... so there is a greater possibility of escaping if a person is in the aft of the ship...
The front part of a ship is called the stem. It is connected to the keelson and keel.
seems a mid sized ship. your question is however not clear.
the length of the Queen Elizabeth 1 is [1,031 ft] and [314 m]
MS Carnival Paradise is Fantasy-class cruise ship that has a length of 262m from stem to stern, beam length of 31.5m, the draft measures 7.8m. It also has 10 decks and a tonnage of 70,367 GT.