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Midships (
) : The point midway between the forward and after
perpendiculars.
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
LENGTH
A ships length is measured in different ways for ships officers,
for architects and designers, and for registry. Terms used for
technical or registry purposes include registered length, tonnage
length, floodable length, and length by ABS (The American Bureau of Shipping)
rules.
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
Length Overall (LOA)
A ships LOA is measured in feet and inches from the extreme
forward end of the bow to the extreme aft end of the stern.
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Length Between Perpendiculars (LBP)
A ships LBP is measured from the forward perpendicular to the
aft perpendicular.
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WIDTH
A ships maximum breadth, commonly called beam, is measured
in from the most outboard point on one side to the most outboard
point on the other at the widest point on the ship,
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
DEPTH
The vessels depth is measured vertically from the lowest point of
the hull, from the bottom of the keel to the side of main deck.
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
Freeboard
This is the vertical distance, measured at the ships side, from the
waterline to the top of the main deck edge. The freeboard
measurement is taken at the midships point.
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
Draft-Draught
The vertical distance from the waterline to the bottom of the keel
is called the draft.
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SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS
The relationship between the drafts at the bow and stern is the
trim. When a ship is properly balanced fore and aft, she has zero
trim or on even keel. When a ship is drawing more water forward
than aft, she is down by the head.
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PROCEDURE FOR READING DRAFT MARKS
Loadlines/Plimsol numbers/Draft marks are numbers marked on
each side of the bow and stern of the vessel. Draft marks show
the distance from the bottom of the keel to the waterline.
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SHIP DIMENSIONS
READING DRAFT MARKS
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MEASUREMENT
VOLUME
GROSS TONNAGE
NET TONNAGE
MASS (WEIGHT)
LOADED
DISPLACEMENT
LIGHT
DISPLACEMENT
DEADWEIGHT
TONNAGE
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SHIP DIMENSIONS
LOADED DISPLACEMENT is defined as the mass of the ship
including cargo, passengers, fuel, water, stores, dunnage and such
other items necessary for use on a voyage, which brings the ship
down to her load draft.
=
LOADED DISPLACEMENT
HULL
ENGINES
CARGO
FUEL
PASSENGERS
STORES
LIGHT DISPLACEMENT
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DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE
The number of tonnes of cargo, stores etc. that a vessel is capable
of carrying when floating at her load draught is deadweight
tonnage (DWT).
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GROSS TONNAGE is defined by the measurement of the total
internal volume of the ship in cubic feet, divided by 100 cubic
feet.
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NET TONNAGE is the remaining volume value after the
following volumes have been deducted from the gross tonnage
which do not directly effect the profit making.