An order to make haste.

The tackle used for running guns in and out.

Document listing all personal goods of crew members.

Estimated account

Removal of a shipment from a vessel.

An instrument that uses sound waves to measure the distance to the bottom.

Small iceberg that has broken away from a larger iceberg.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed from initial pressure to an intermediate pressure in one or more cylinders or casings.

A knot used to fasten a line or cable to the anchor.

A series of sound signals required by COLREGS to prevent collisions at sea.

The maximum power required by a given compressor when operating at a (1) constant discharge pressure with variable intake pressure, or (2) constant intake pressure with variable discharge pressure.

The borrowing of money by the master using his ship as security.

A Marine insurance term to refer to partial loss on an individual shipment from one of the perils insured against, regardless of the balance of the cargo. Particularaverage insurance can usually be obtained, but the loss must be in excess of a certain per ...

Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.

The frames or timbers of a ship as they rise from the keel to form the shape of the hull.

Temporarily placed longitudinal bulkheads used to prevent bulk cargo from shifting.

An abbreviation for "Cubic." A unit of volume measurement.

The rotating element of a machine and, in the case of a compressor, is composed of the impeller (impellers) and shaft, and may include shaft sleeves and a thrust balancing device.

A group of whales.

The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.