NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

SHIP CONSTRUCTION – PART 1

COURSE CODE – MARD1002

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GENTLE REMINDER
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Description
• This course will introduce the student to the significant
features of a ship’s structure and the salient features of a
range of ship types.
• The knowledge and skills contained within this course cover
all the requirements as laid down by the Standards for
Training and Certification of Watchkeepers (STCW), 1978, as
amended (Manila Amendments) at the Operational Level
aboard ship.

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Knowledge and Understanding
• 1. Describe the significant features of a ship’s structure
which contribute to strength and water tightness.
• 2. Describe the significant features of a range of ship types.
• 3. Produce sketches of significant features of a ship’s
structure and name all structural components.
• 4. Name all the significant features of a ship’s structure.
• 5. Communicate using correct naval architecture
terminology.
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AREAS OF STUDY
• Element 1 - Identify the significant features of
a ship’s structure

• Element 2 - Describe the salient features of a

range of ship types

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Element 1 Identify the significant features of a
ship’s structure
• Standard terminology pertaining to ship construction
• Framing systems
• Structural features with regard to keel, side shell and decks
• Structural features with regard to holds, cargo, double bottom and peak
tanks
• Structural arrangements to ensure the vessel’s watertight integrity
• Structural arrangements in areas liable to damage in heavy weather
• Structural arrangements with regard to openings in the hull or deck
• Structural arrangements to ensure continuity of strength
• Piping and pumping systems

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Element 2 Describe the salient features of a
range of ship types

• Tankers (Oil, Gas and Chemical Tanker)

• Cargo Ships (General Cargo, Ro-Ro, Container, Bulk Carrier)
• Passenger Ships
• Support Vessels (Supply, Stand-by vessel and Tugs)
• Specialist Vessels (Surface effect vessels, High Speed Craft)

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ASSESSMENT
• Assessment Element 1
• weighting: 50%
• assessment type: closed book assessment under supervised
conditions or an assignment/project
• time/duration: 3 hours/2 weeks
• Assessment Element 2
• weighting: 50%
• assessment type: closed book assessment under supervised
conditions or an assignment/project
• time/duration: 3 hours/2 weeks
• Both Elements must be assessed separately.
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ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
• For the award of Diploma in Maritime Operations – Navigation a student
must achieve an overall aggregated mark for the course of at least 50%.
• To comply with the international underpinning knowledge requirements
laid down in the STCW Convention. 1978, as amended (Manila
Amendments) a student must achieve an overall mark of at least 60% in
EACH Element to be eligible to be issued a STCW Underpinning Knowledge
Certificate. This will allow a student to become eligible to sit the
professional Officer of the Watch (Deck) examinations conducted by the
Scottish Qualifications Authority on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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INDICATIVE READING
• Eyres D J — Ship Construction (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001) ISBN:
0750648872
• Kemp J and Young P — Ship Construction Sketches and Notes (J A
Majors, 1997) ISBN: 0750637560

Students are encouraged to make full use of resources available on the

internet.

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