Apart from transverse bulkheads tankers are also
fitted with two longitudinal bulkheads that divide the
vessel into starboard-and port wing tanks and a
centre tank.
The engine room is a watertight machinery spacethat
contains the vessel's propulsion plant.
Answer the following:
What are bulkheads?
What are decks?
Why is the main deck also called the weather deck?
What can we store in the compartments of a ship?
Where are the anchor winches situated?
Where is the cargo stored in a freighter?
Where is the cargo stored in a tanker?
What do peak tanks serve as?
Where is the anchor chain stored?
What is kept in the bosun’s locker?
Name the watertight and fireproof spaces in a ship.
What is usually stored in the double bottom?
What spaces does the superstructure house?
What does the navigating bridge contain?
What is the fore-and-aft line?
FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES
1.The fore and aft line s……………………….. starboard
from port.
2. Decks and b………………………. are horizontal and
vertical s………………….. that form the holds and spaces.
3. There are three types of decks: u……………………..,
t………………………, l………….. ( tanktop).
4. The upper deck is divided into f………………,
a……………………. and q………… decks. The bow is
divided into s…………………… bow and p…………….
bow. The quarters are divided into s…………………….
and p…………………. quarters.
5. The forepeak bulkhead and the afterpeakbulkhead are
w……………………………. bulkheads.
6. There are two peak tanks : the f……………… tank and
the a…………….. tank.
7. Watertight spaces are : e……………………… and
s…………………………….
8. The anchor chain is stored in the
c………………………………………..
9. The double bottom is for s…………………………. and
provides s……………….. for fuel,
………………………………………. and
w………………………….
10. Cofferdams are t…………. or l…………………………
spaces between tanks that p……………….. leaking.