Ship Plans

Objectives

Identify the information available from the
following ship plans

General arrangement

Shell expansion

Piping arrangements

Capacity

Rigging
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General arrangement

General profile of the ship

Details of decks

Details of ships principal particulars

Side view of vessel

Location and capacity of various
compartments

Location and details of ships gear
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Shell expansion

Plates of hull drawn to scale

Details of frames, floors, deck edges and
stringers also shown

Shell plating numbered, hull plating named
from the keel, first strake A, plates
numbered from aft to forward

Deck plating named from centre line
outwards
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Piping Plans

Several plans, which include,

Bilge and ballast lines

Ventilation and trunking ducts

Air conditioning ducts

Steam and heating lines

Cargo refrigeration lines

Fire extinguishing and detecting lines

Hydraulic lines

Bunker lines

Liquid cargo discharging and loading lines
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Capacity plan

Capacity of all compartments of a vessel

Loadlines and deadweight scale

Tabulated capacities of all compartments
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Rigging plan

Position and size of deck eye plates

Position of inboard and outboard beams

Maximum headroom

Position, size and SWL of blocks

Length, size and SWL of runners, topping lifts, guys and
preventors

SWL of shackles

Position of derricks producing maximum forces

Optimum position of guys and preventors to resist such
maximum forces

Combined load diagram

Guidance on maintenance
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Docking plan

Painting plan of vessel

Position of underwater obstructions

Position of anodes, sea chests, plugs

Details of the positioning of keel blocks

Other plans

Profile, body and lines