10 Simple Terms to Understand Ship Construction Better

A seafarer may not be involved in the ship construction so much. But that does not mean that they need not know anything about it. For example if you see a crack in ballast tank, you should be able to tell exactly where the crack is. It is only possible if you can identify the structures inside the ballast tank. Same applies to the other parts of the ship too. We read about ship construction during our competency exams. Only problem is ship construction topics starts from the medium level and not from the basic level. For example if we need to draw the construction of double bottom, learning just involves placing each component at its place without answering why. The first step of studying the ship construction need to be knowing about the basic terms of ship constructions. In this post I will discuss and explain 10 basic terms used in ship construction. But before we do that, first lets discuss briefly what ship is made of. What are ships made of Ships are made of steel and we all know that. But what all forms of steel are used in building ships. I mean what shape of steel ? Before learning anything about ship construction we need to know the shapes used in ship construction. Let us discuss few of these. Plate We all know what we mean by plate. It is a rectangular shape steel with certain thic...