Bulwark

Something that provides protection for or against something.

A wall that is built for protection.
A wall that is part of a ship's sides and that is above the ship's upper deck.

Sounding Machine and Boom

Sounding machines are used to determine the depth of water below a ship. This early 19thcentury model is made of brass. It has a rotor which drives a pair of counters (one on each face)
as it is dropped through the water on a rope. The device automatically locks when it touches the
sea bed and can be then pulled to the surface and the final measurement recorded.
In sailing, a Boom is a spar (pole), along the foot (bottom edge) of a fore and aft rigged sail, that
greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail. The primary action of the boom is to
keep the foot of the sail flatter when the sail angle is away from the centerline of the boat. The boom
also serves as an attachment point for more sophisticated control lines. Because of the improved
sail control it is rare to find a non headsail without a boom. In some modern applications, the sail is
rolled up into the boom for storage or reefing (shortening sail).

Hospital and Dispensary

A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility
or hospital. Most are operated by themilitary forces (mostly navies) of various countries, as they are
intended to be used in or near war zones.

Lifeboats
Lifeboat (shipboard, a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape.
Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues.
Airborne Lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen.

Lifeboats Davits

A Davit is a system that is used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be
boarded. The davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope) that are used to
lower the lifeboat into the water. Davits can also refer to single mechanical arms with a winch for
lowering and raising spare parts onto a vessel. The maintaining and operation of davits is all
under jurisdiction of International Maritime Organization. The regulations are enforced by the
country's own Coast Guard.

Sanitary Tank

Submarine sanitary tanks are critical coated areas subjected to severe corrosive environments.
These tanks are coated with high-solids coating systems providing edge retention and an
extended life cycle

Engine-room Skylight
A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the
admission of light from above.

Funnel Fiddley
A fiddley deck is a raised, exposed deck open to the engine room or boiler space below. The
space between the machinery space and the fiddley deck is known as the fiddley. The fiddley

deck serves as a raised coaming for ventilators or intake vents, increasing protection
from downflooding by green water on deck. The enclosed air space acts as an air reservoir, as
well as providing a removal or installation route for large pieces of machinery. The vertical height
acts similar to a chimney, drawing heated air out of the machinery spaces. The smoke
stacks are typically run through the fiddley when one is present.

Funnel
A Funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or
engine exhaust. They are also commonly referred to as stacks.

Whistle
A boatswain's call, pipe or bosun's Whistle is a pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on
naval ships by a boatswain. It is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, "bosun's call". The pipe
consists of a narrow tube (the gun) which directs air over a metal sphere (the buoy) with a hole
in the top.

Galley Skylight
An opening in a ship's deck that is covered with translucent or transparent material and that is
designed to admit light.

Navigation Sidelight and Screen

The sidelights on vessels twenty meters or more long must be fitted with screens, which are
used to keep the light from being seen across the bow (or, in other words, to help the sidelights
meet the horizontal sector cut-off requirements of Annex I). In practice, some sidelights meet the
cut-off requirements (see Section 9/ 84.17) without screens, but screens must still be fitted.
The length of the screens is not specified, so they may be very short if not needed to meet other
requirements.

Navigating Bridge:

Wheelhouse - The wheelhouse forms part of the ship' s navigating bridge. It normally runs
athwartships and is situated art. From the bridge the ship is nonna1ly navigated, and from there
all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the Captain or Officer of the Watch. The
wheel house is on the Bridge deck (Bridge for short)I assume from sail to steam after the wheel
was boxed in and the wings form a bridge.
Chartroom - The Chartroom on a ship is the domain of the navigating officer and the home of
the charts, nautical tables and other reference books required to ensure that the ship travels
quickly and safely between ports of call. With today's modern navigating aids the sextant may
have disappeared but you will still see a large chart table on which there will be parallel rulers
and dividers to plot courses and measure distances.
Wireless or Radio Room The room on a ship where radio-communication operations are
conducted. The radio room is usually located either on or close to the navigation bridge. The
principal radio-communication equipment is located in the radio room, including operating and
standby equipment, such as transmitters and receivers. The radio operator who is on duty
works in the radio room. The watch in the radio room is either around-the-clock or during
specific hours, depending on the type and purpose of the ship. Large passenger ships have
both a main radio room and an emergency radio room.

Monkey Island:
Gyro and Standard Compass A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which is
based on a fast-spinning disc and rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used
elsewhere in the universe) to automatically find geographical direction.

Standard compass - one which is used by ship navigated or piloted usually located on
the bridge and where least affected by unfavorable magnetic influences. The indication
of this compass - one just forward of the wheel used by the helmsman. Its indication is
termed as per standard compass (PSC)

Direction Finder (D.F.) Loop

Direction finder, or radio direction finder, radio receiver and antenna system for determining
the direction of the source of a radio signal. A direction finder (D.F.) can be used by an aircraft or
ship as a navigational aid. This is accomplished by measuring the direction (bearing) of at least
two transmitters whose locations are already known. When the measured directions from each
transmitter are plotted on a map, the intersection of the two plotted lines gives the location of the
aircraft or ship carrying the DF. This technique, using the directions to two or more transmitters
of known location, is called triangulation.