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Titanic
Titanic vocab
44 cards·by hnd1129
Starboard
the right hand side of a ship when facingn the bow
Steward
a member of a ship who attends to the needs of the passengers and the food supplies
Stoker
a crewmaker that keeps a ships biolers working to drive the engins
Telegraph
a circular machine with rotating handle that sent messages from the Titanic's bridge to the
engine rooms
Turkish bath
a steam bath
White star line
the company that owned the Titanic
Wireless
an early form of a radio
Black Smokers
vents in the ocean floor that belch hot medal mineral-rich fluids from the newly formed
volcanic terrian
bollards
the stout medal posts on a ship or dock to which mooring lines are tied
capstan
an upright revolving barrel or drum mounted at the stern of the ship
davits
crane like arms on boars that ship used for for holding and lowering lifeboats
wheel house
the small covered area of the bridge of a ship were the shup's wheel is at
sos
the morse code distress call that came in 1908
steerage
the partof a ship with accomadation for passengers with the cheaper tickets or 3rd class
stern
the back end of the boat
transtlantic
spanning accross the atlantic ocean
waterline
the line along the which the surface of the water touches the side of the ship
boat deck
the deck of the ship on which lifeboats ore carriedon titanic it twas the top deck
boiler
a furnace in which coal was burned to boil water and create steam wich in turn drove the ship
funnel
a tall smokestack on a ship
gangway
a ramp that allowed passengers to walk from the dock onto the ship
hold
a storage space for cargo on a ship usually below decks
maiden Voyage
the first voyage of a ship
passagway
a corridor on a ship
poop decks
the high deck at the stern(back) of the boat
port
the left hand side of the ship when facing the bow
promanade
an upper deck somtimes enclosed on which passengers could stroll
rockets
the titanic fired flares that were like fireworks and a sign that it was in distress
berth
a fixed bunk on a ship for sleeping in or on a ships place in dock
berth
a fixed bunk on a ship for sleeping in or on a ships place in dock
bow
the front end of the boat
bridge
the place on a ship where the captian and officers control every other part of the ship
bulkhead
an upright partition seperating the compartments of a ship
collapsible boat
a type of life boat that is folded up and stored until needed
commodore
the senior captian of a shipping line
CQD
the standered ship distress call first used in 1903
crows nest
a shelter or platform high up the mast of a ship for a lookout person
dry dock
an area for building and repairing ships from which water can be pumped out
emigrant
a person who leaves their own country to fo live in another
hull
the body or frame of a ship
keel
the backbone of a ship along which the rest of the hull is built up
mooring
a fixed object that a ship can be tied
porthole
a window in the side of a ship
rivet
a medal device for holding sheets of metal together