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  Deck (ship) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The deck of the Falls of Clyde is iron; a center strip is planked with wood as a sort of walkway.
Poop deck: The deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft.
The decking itself is usually multiple layers of marine-grade plywood, covered over with layers of fibreglass in a plastic resin such as epoxy or polyester overlapped onto the topsides of the hull.
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 British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry - Report - Description of the Ship - Steamship Titanic.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Except in small patches none of these decks was watertight in the steel parts, except the weather deck and the Orlop deck aft.
The G deck aft and the Orlop deck at both ends of the vessel were below the waterline.
The Orlop deck abaft of the turbine engine-room and forward of the collision bulkhead was watertight.
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 deck - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
flight deck, landing deck - the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway
foredeck - the deck between the bridge and the forecastle
plume - deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
www.onpedia.com /dictionary/deck   (442 words)

  
 Television Point | Dictionary | Meaning of deck
To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
The king was slyly fingered from the deck.
{Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.
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 2004 Voyage of Discovery Daily Log
As the anchor is hauled up from the water, the anchor rode travels up one side of the orlop deck, around the capstan, and back down the other side to the fakers.
William works on the orlop deck to maintain tension on the anchor line as it comes around the capstan.
Deck wash! Not only does it clean the ship, but the water helps to swell the wooden decks and keep the ship water tight.
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 British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry - Report - Description of the Damage to the Ship and its Gradual Final Effect - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
It was by this scuttle that access was obtained to all the decks below C down to the peak tank top on the Orlop deck.
In No. 2 hold about 40 minutes after the collision the water was coming in to the seamen's quarters on E deck through a burst fore and aft wooden bulkhead of a third class cabin opposite the seamen's wash place.
There is a stairway on the port side on G deck which leads down to the first class baggage room on the Orlop deck immediately below.
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 Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: How many decks?
The decks started at the bottom of the ship where the orlop deck covered the double bottom.
The orlop deck was the one the stokers stood on.
My understanding was that the hight between decks was ten feet, though in shipbuilding, there are always variations, such as for storerooms, machinary spaces, access trunks, and also to take into accoount rises, narrowing of the hull, and so on.
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 Appendix III
Each of the 'tween deck doors, and each of the vertical doors on the tank top level could be operated by the ordinary hand gear from the deck above the top of the watertight bulkhead, and from a position on the next deck above, almost directly above the door.
A fifth opening in the vestibule was an escape tower that led to the upper side of F deck.
On G deck, it is unexpectedly moved to the forward side of bulkhead "B." This was accomplished by a slight jog in that bulkhead.
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 Horace Dodge’s Steam Yacht DELPHINE
One deck below is promenade deck, on both sides a 3 metre covered sideway ideal for a ‘promenade’ gives her name to this deck.
The size of the promenade deck is half of all the outside decks together on the yacht, which is 1100m².
Aft of the main deck is a covered space, which contains the emergency steering wheel as a catch of the eye and a large coffin.
www.ssdelphine.com /Interior.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Boy's Manual Of Seamanship And Gunnery
Upper and lower decks; the upper deck is the gun deck.
The arrangements as to decks, holds, andc., of an iron-clad are quite different to a regular built frigate.
Every one of the ship's company (and officers not provided with cabins) have two hammocks supplied to them; they are numbered for the crew with the number corresponding to their number on the watch bill; in the case of an officer, they are distinguished by a letter and number also.
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 Dynamos
The Orlop deck in this portion of the ship was refrigerated storage for everything from wine to flowers to bacon.
A stores lift, or freight elevator, ran from the Orlop in the upper half of the drawing to the pantry in the 1st/2nd class galley on D-deck.
The switch room was the power control room and sat on the Orlop deck on the fore end of the generator room.
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 British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry - Day 09 - Testimony of Joseph T. Wheat - Continued.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
As I follow the Witness, that is the lowest deck to which he went in his description.
Then he came back along F deck to the point where the pointer is now, and the thing he shuts is a thing which in this diagram is marked with a thick fl line.
When the bulkhead rises on to G deck it has no doorway in it at all; but when it rises on to F deck it has this doorway which you find in the plan in the D bulkhead by the linen room.
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 2004 Voyage of Discovery Daily Log
Walking the decks in the early morning, one is easily transported to 1609.
The orlop is a lower, protected deck where the crew sleeps.
Alison, on galley duty, hauls dinner to be served on the weather deck.
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 Ship Plans from the National Archives
Orlop Deck and Hold, 24"x44" (1856), 1/4" scale.
Orlop Deck and Hold, 23"x35" (1902), 1/5" scale.
Deck and Cabin Argt.,10"x60"(Wm.Denny and Bros. of Dumbarton), 1/4" scale.
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 orlop - definition by dict.die.net
orlop n : the fourth or lowest deck [syn: orlop deck, fourth deck]
[D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr.
Overloop.] (Naut.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.
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 GLOSSARY TERMS - LETTER O
It is principally used for caulking the planking on wood decks of steel vessels and for caulking all the planking on wood ships where watertightness is desired, It is also used for caulking around pipes.
Old Man. A piece of heavy bar iron bent to the form of a "Z." One leg of the "Z" is bolted to the material that is to be drilled, and the drill top placed under the other leg and adjusted so the "old man" holds the drill against the material.
Aboard; in or on a ship, but having a different significance from "on deck" in that "on board" applies to any location in or on the ship as any of its parts, while the term "on deck" is generally limited to a location on the weather deck.
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 Justin Duncan Titanic -- Site created byJustin D. From Mrs.Bakers 2003-2004 7th Grade Language Arts class
The Boat and Promenade decks were above the moulded or shaped structure of the ship and did not extend for the complete length of the other superstructure decks due to additional space being necessary for machinery requirements and cargo loading facilities.
The first deck to occupy the complete length of the superstructure was the Bridge deck, which extended for a length of 550ft.
First class passengers were accommodated on the five levels from the Upper to the Promenade decks; second class passengers had their accommodation on the Middle, Upper and Saloon decks; while third class passengers were to be found on the Lower deck forward and the Middle, Upper and Saloon deck aft.
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 about the ship
The Poop Deck, this is the very top deck at the back of the ship.
The main deck is referred to as the Quarter Deck it has 2 rows of 7 and 2 forward
Below the 2nd Gun Deck is The Orlop Deck, On this deck is the Sick bay, which is
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 DECK :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
flight deck; landing deck (the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway)
foredeck (the deck between the bridge and the forecastle)
main deck; second deck (the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel)
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 Pirate Brethren
and supplies were stored on the orlop deck, and the purser and carpenter
deck was hosed down with saltwater, creating a smooth, blanched appearance.
Yarmouth to the fact that sailors often scrubbed the deck on their hands and knees.
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 Glasgow University Archive Services - Collections - Source Lists - Ship's Holdings - Lusitania
The list is just an indication of the sorts of material we hold and should not be taken as comprehensive.
Orlop Deck, Aft and Lower Orlop Deck, Aft.
Album, 1 deck view, 35 interior views (36 pages).
www.archives.gla.ac.uk /collects/lists/business/shipping/lusitani.html   (166 words)

  
 ISTG Vol 6 - Steamer City of Boston
Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.
An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should refer.
The "Orlop Deck" is the lowest deck in a ship having three or more decks.
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 ISTG Vol 7 - Steamer City of Boston
The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.
The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though the only the Main Deck and Orlop Deck passengers are numbered in the original manifest.
The Orlop deck was the lowest deck of a ship having at least four decks.
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 USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" cutaway
View with main beams of Gun Deck installed (Level 3 from bottom); Berth Deck planking on L- 2; and Orlop Deck planking (white on L-1)
View of bilge pump shafts going through the Orlop Deck.
View of scratch built lodging knees (to be installed).
www.percongrp.com /pelikan/ships/const_gf.htm   (79 words)

  
 deck (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)
Any of various platforms built into a vessel.
afterdeck; flight deck, landing deck; foredeck; gun deck; hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck, awning deck; lido deck; lower deck, third deck; main deck, second deck; orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck; quarterdeck; upper deck
A porch that resembles the deck on a ship.
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 USS Constitution Drawing List
Orlop Dk Beam Restoration Fwd and Aft Midship Arr and Dets
Storerooms and Staterooms Ford of Steerage Deck General Arrangement as Existing Prior to Restoration 1927
Deck Beam Laminated Spar, Gun and Berth Deck
www.history.navy.mil /constitution/drawingslist.htm   (1095 words)

  
 R.M.S. Olympic--Deck Plans & Interiors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
I would like for you to be able to navigate the ship by mean of an image map, but as of now, I do not have the tools neccessary for such a task.
Bridge Deck "A" Shelter Deck "B" Saloon Deck "C" Upper Deck "D" Main Deck "E" Lower Deck "F" Orlop Deck
Have any questions, comments, suggestions, or corrections that you would like me to know?
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 Translation of ‘deck’ into French
Choose one of the English synonyms below to translate or
adorn, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, clothe, deck out, decorate, dight, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, ornament, trim
awning deck, hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck
dico.isc.cnrs.fr /dico/tr/search_en?r=deck   (116 words)

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