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Large Ships
A ship is commonly defined as having a bow (front) and stern (back), and is built for ocean travel for the purpose of commercial or military transport. Ocean liners, container ships, and destroyers are classified as ships.
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Are clipper ships were built for speed?
they were faster since they were light and not heavy then the old ones
What is a collection of ship called?
A collection or group of ships is called a fleet. There are more specific terms for a group of ships. A substantial group of warships is called a naval fleet while a group of small ships is called a flotilla.
Why did people not want to get into life boats in the Titanic?
Titanic was equipped with only 20 lifeboats. She had 14 regular lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people each, 2 emergency lifeboats (Boats 1 and 2, which were stowed in the swung-out position) with a capacity of 40 each, and 4 Englehardt collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 each. The collapsibles had wooden hulls, but with canvas sides that could be cranked up when needed. Collapsibles C and D were stowed inboard of Boats 1 and 2 at the very forward part of the Boat Deck and Collapsibles A and B were stowed upside down on the roof of the Officers' Quarters on either side of #1 funnel.
There were 2228 passengers on the Titanic. Probably life boats were not made because people believed the ship was unsinkable and also because they wanted to make as much money as possible, so whoever could pay was cramped into the steerage.
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There were 2,227 people on board, but the total capacity of the 16 lifeboats and 4 collapsible boats was 1,178 people, which was only sufficient for 52% of the passengers.
There was a lack of lifeboats because of:
- Outdated maritime safety regulations : British Board of Trade laws stated that ships weighing more than 10,000 tons must carry at least 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 5,500 cubic feet - These regulations were based on the world's then-largest ship in 1890s.
- The total lifeboats of a ship were determined by the volume of the ship, i.e. the ship's GRT (Gross Registered Tons) and not by the total number of passengers and crew the ship could carry.
- the White Star Line's wish to leave the decks unobstructed so that the passengers could have better views,
- the White Star Line's wish to give the ship more aesthetics from an exterior view (for another example, the Titanic had 4 funnels, but the fourth funnel was a dummy which was added because "it made the ship look better.")
- the belief that in an emergency, Titanic's design would enable her to stay afloat long enough for her passengers and crew to be transferred safely to a rescue vessel.
- Never anticipating that everyone would have to be evacuated rapidly at the same time.
Speed is no longer a design criteria for cruise ships.
Why are shipments called cargo on a ship?
Something sent by car is called a shipment while that sent by ship is a cargo simply because of the different transportation channels, road and water.
Name of the twin ship of the titanic?
The Olympic and Britannic formed the 'Olympic Class' which included the Titanic.
What is a ships staircase called?
Ladder: On shipboard, all stairs are called "ladders," except for literal staircases aboard passenger liners. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. From the Anglo-Saxon hiaeder, meaning ladder.
[Source: http://www.desertanchor.com/glossary.htm]
How long does it take a cargo ship to travel from UK to the US?
It takes a cargo ship approximately 8 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes to travel from Shanghai, China to Felixstowe, England. The trip covers 5,659 miles.
The helm is a ship's steering mechanism. So it can be anywhere depending on the type of ship. Usually it will be in the Bridge.
Why are containers moved from ship to ship?
They do this for the same reason passenger take two or more planes to reach their final destination. Large ships carrying 4200+ containers transport them across large distances, such as oceans. It is not efficient for them to make many stops for each shipment of containers. The containers are offloaded at large ports and are loaded on smaller feeder ships, carrying around 1000 containers which travel to the final destinations.
How much does it cost to run a cruise ship?
Anywere from about 10 million dollars for a smaller 200 footer to a couple billion for one that is over 1,000 feet long.
Ships which carried such a license were technically not pirates at all; they were called "privateers". The license was known as a "letter of marque". Several nations historically issued these (including the United States, in a time period after the movies; it is one of the rights of a sovereign nation asserted in the Declaration of Independence and was used in the two wars against Great Britain); they authorized the ship to prey upon ONLY the ships of enemy nations during time of war.
Historically, many "pirates" started as "privateers", but either overstepped their authority by preying upon neutral ships, OR failed to stop their activities when the nation that had licensed them ended the war(s).
Ships that carry cargo in Bulk form. Ex:-Grain,Ore,Cement,Fertilizers etc.
Do you serve in a ship or on a ship?
Naval convention is you serve 'in' a ship.
An occasional exception - spoken or written - in where the ship's name mixes poorly with 'in'. Thus "...had two years in DIDO and then a short stint on ACTIVE before..." - the latter avoiding the implication of 'in-active' (ACTIVE and OPPORTUNE are two names that come to mind). Using in versus on isn't a hard-and-fast rule but to avoid be thought a landsman, when amongst (Naval) mariners 'in' is the better choice.
Linked to this, ships in the Navy are referred to as 'ships', never as 'boats' - the latter being slightly insulting. However, submarines are correctly referred to as 'boats' not ships (as to why, I don't know).
What happened to the cargo ship Peggy Stewart?
The fate of the poor peggy stewart was burned as a result of the colonists getting angry... the owner of the ship brought it to MD and the colonists got mad that he payed the tea tax so they would have either hung him on his front doorstep (how neighborly) or he would have to burn the peggy stewart... poor guy
What is the best cruise ship line?
Royal Caribbean has the largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. It is 5 times larger than the Titanic. It is 20 storeys tall and an impressive 1,187 feet from bow to stern as well as being 208 feet wide.
What is bigger Edmund Fitzgerald or the Titanic?
The RMS Titanic was just over 150' longer and 100' taller than the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm a huge "Fitz" fan, so I had to look it up.
What is a person who drives a cargo ship called?
The Captain. Or the pilot.
Captains does not "drive" ships, only in movies. The officer on duty on the bridge is in command and navigating the vessel but the actual steering is normally done by an auto pilot. If in confined waters a crew member called a quartermaster is doing the manual steering.
A pilot is a person joining the vessel and helping the captain planning and navigating in coastal areas and confined waters. A pilot never touch the controls, he only advices but the captain is the ultimate authority and can decide to follow the advice of the pilot or not as he chooses.
Usually the pilot is a former captain with a special knowledge of a port of coastline.
What is a 'wash bulkhead' on a ship?
The bulkheads are the walls within the ship that separate the different rooms or compartments. Bulkheads are designed to block fire and water from going to other compartments. The outer skin of the ship or boat is called the hull.
Bulkheads in a ship serve several purposes:
- increase the structural rigidity of the vessel,
- divide functional areas into rooms and
- create watertight compartments that can contain water in the case of a hull breach or other leak.
- some bulkheads and decks are fire-resistance rated to achieve compartmentalisation, a passive fire protection measure; see firewall
