steerage
Cheapest ship accommodations
Steerage is the cheapest accommodation on a passenger ship, historically located in the lower decks near the steering mechanism.
The term evokes images of 19th and early 20th century immigrants crossing the Atlantic in crowded, minimal conditions: My great-grandparents came over in steerage.
In navigation, steerage refers to the effect of the helm on a ship's course; a vessel making steerage way has enough forward motion to respond to its rudder.
Sleeping space on transport
- hammockHanging fabric bed
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
fo'c'sle · forecastle · hold · below decks · cramped · overcrowded · packed · congested
Historic immigrant processing center
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- coffin shipsFatal emigrant transport vessels
- passageSegment of text
crossing · diaspora · refugees · settlers · pioneers · passenger lists · Great Famine · pogroms
Vessel's steering mechanism
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- navigateGuide through terrain
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- tillerBoat steering lever
wheelhouse · course · heading · maneuver · nautical · seamanship · starboard · portside
Lowest quality ranking
- budgetPlan for spending
- economySystem of trade and production
- affordableReasonably priced
- discountReduced price offered
berth
Sleeping space on transport
quarters · fo'c'sle · forecastle · hold · below decks · cramped · overcrowded · packed · congested · sardines
Ellis Island
Historic immigrant processing center
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- coffin shipsFatal emigrant transport vessels
passage · crossing · diaspora · refugees · settlers · pioneers · passenger lists · Great Famine · pogroms · homeland
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
tiller · wheelhouse · course · heading · maneuver · nautical · seamanship · starboard · portside · bow
third-class
Lowest quality ranking
- budgetPlan for spending
- economySystem of trade and production
- affordableReasonably priced
discount · basic · no-frills · inexpensive
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, lifeboats
- American Jewrysynagogues, rabbis, kosher, Yiddish, Hebrew
- Irish DiasporaIrish immigration, Irish Americans, Irish immigrants, Irish diaspora, emigration
- Italian DiasporaItalian Americans, Italian immigration, Italian heritage, Italian communities, Little Italy
- Ocean LinersTitanic, Lusitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Britannic
steeragefirst class
Highest quality or rank
first-class · upper deck · stateroom · deluxe cabin · premium cabin
steeragefirst class
Highest quality or rank
luxury cabin · stateroom · upper deck · captain's quarters · presidential suite
steeragearistocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
upper class · elite · privilege · wealth · high society
- steerage passengersCheapest berth ship travelers