ship hulls
Boats' outer shells
Ship hulls are the main structural bodies of ships—the watertight outer shells that sit in the water and contain everything else.
Hull design determines how a vessel moves through water: displacement hulls push water aside, while planing hulls rise up and skim across the surface at speed.
The ship hulls were coated with antifouling paint to prevent barnacle growth.
- bilgeShip's water-collecting depths
- plankingWooden boards collectively
- ribsThoracic bone set
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- barnaclesShell-armored marine clingers
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Ropes controlling ship sails
masts · sails · superstructure · yardarms · bowsprit
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Mechanisms generating directional thrust
engines · propellers · navigation equipment · sails · oars
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