List of nautical technical terms (A to M)

This is a list of special nautical terms (in addition to sociolects , colloquial expressions) and explanations that are used on board seagoing and inland ships (see also Portal: Shipping ; it contains a list of articles on the subject of shipping ):

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A.

Signal flag - A

Wink alphabet - A

Keyword : Alfa [ ælfə ]

FROM: able bodied - as much as capable, proficient, fit and able to work. The AB is a specialist, corresponds internationally to the German sailor , in contrast to OS AB, the names of the seamen are written in the model roll .
Aak: a boat-like flat-bottomed ship sailing vehicle from the Netherlands
Eel boat: a Dutch sailboat of the same type as the botter
bake off: Clear the back (table) through the back shaft
abbaken: The laying out of beacons , etc., to mark a fairway in shallow waters
abandon: 1. Transfer the rights to a wrecked ship to the insurer, who pays the sum insured;
2. leave the ship due to an accident at sea
fade out: Extinguish or cover lights shining outwards
bruise: the yards are rotated so that they come to rest a little more in the direction of the transept
dissuade: to get an aground, stranded ship afloat again
cover: Position yourself in such a way that another vehicle is in your slipstream (the cover )
drift: Lateral displacement (drifting) from the desired course , for example due to the action of a side wind, a side sea or a side current
go away: climbing down from a mast, the opposite of climbing up
Aberration: Magnetic field deflection of the compass needle or deflection by magnetic fields on board a ship
thread off: sound out a fairway using the thread (1.83 m) as a measure
fall off: Change of course of a sailing ship away from the wind direction. Opposite: luff up ( luff up and fall away )
to wane: Easing of the wind , cf. Wind speed (calm)

Approval entry in a German seafaring book

flush: the slimming down of Wales on a whaling ship
tap: Measure the distance on the nautical chart using the compass
offshore: Wind is offshore when it blows away from land towards the sea
plumb: determine the water depth in a certain area (by sounding )
sign off: officially discharged a seaman , in Germany before a seaman's office or abroad before the German consul
Acceptance run

Monkey fist

Monkey fist: spherical knot to weigh down a throw line or as a decorative knot
Monkey rock: 1. A term in shipbuilding that describes container-high steps in the hold of a container ship, which are used for the technical realization of double hulls and tank volumes. The monkey rock is typically located in the area of the constriction on the fore and aft and is usually the length of an ISO 20-foot container . Classic monkey rocks can be up to 15 m high in the foredeck and are typically closed to the hold.
2. Mocking for a boat with a very extensive crew or very many people on deck
3. Rock of Gibraltar
Monkey jacket: derisive for a short uniform jacket worn by soldiers on warships
Monkey seat: Steering seat in the racing rowing boat
Agwalle: Name on old steam ships for the Indian stoker
Aggeboot: small, open boat for shrimp fishing in the German North Sea

Ahmings the Gorch Fock

Ahmings: Draft marks that are affixed to the bow and stern of a seagoing ship and sometimes also amidships. The draft is calculated from the keel and given in decimeters or English feet
Ahoy: a call from another vehicle (“ship ahoy” or “[name] ahoy”), no greeting
AK (ahead): for "all strength", ie at top speed
Alberich

Anchor ball - here: maneuvering handicapped dredging vehicle, two balls on the handicapped side

hire: also sign on : conclusion of contract for work as a seaman
pick up: pull a line; if a line is pulled up to the maximum, one also speaks of pulling tight
anchor: Device for the temporary or permanent fastening of a boat , ship or floating device to the bottom (anchoring)
Anchor ball: black signal ball that must be set by anchoring vehicles during the day

Anchor hawse with lowered anchor

Anchor feeding: Protective and doubling plates on the outer skin
Anchor neck: the crossing point of the anchor shaft with the flukes (arms)
Anchor chain: belongs to the accessories of the anchor, in order to deploy and retrieve it again, it holds the anchor shaft against the more upwardly directed pull of the ship aground by its weight and its length
Anchor hawk: Opening in the hull in the fore section through which the anchor chain runs.
Anchor lantern: makes it clear in the dark that a ship is at anchor, see light guidance
Anchor bearing: Regular bearing of solid objects on land when anchoring in order to check the position and thus the hold of the anchor
Anchor post: Seaman on anchor watch.

Bb anchor winch of a large container ship

Anchor watch: The anchor watch ensures that the anchored ship holds the position and “carries” (holds) the anchor chain.
Anchor guard: Buoy or buoy - shows where the anchor is lying on the bottom.
Windlass, windlass: Winch to raise and lower the anchor.
luff up: Change of course towards the direction of the wind. Opposite: falling away ( luffing up and falling away ).
pattern: also hire : signing a contract to work as a seaman
Annie Oakley: Spinnaker with air holes in the center line.
yell at: call another ship
Slayer: the man who works under the crane and attaches the individual items to be lifted to the crane hook
Antifouling: Anti-fouling paint for the underwater hull
Equator Baptism: Nautical ritual , after which members of a crew who cross the equator for the first time are baptized in a coarse form
Armstrong patent: Slang from the old days of sailing ships, when there were no winches or breams on board and all work was carried out with muscle power (strong arms)
to bake: set the table
turn on the plate: turning or turning a ship on the spot or in very confined spaces
go to the other bow: Change of course of a sailing boat or ship by tacking , jibing or shoving so that the wind comes in from the other side
to stay: climb a mast
lay on keel: Lay the first shipbuilding section on the Helgen (start of shipbuilding).
clear up: 1. clean up;
2. Improvement of the weather ("it clears up")
Advent: a vehicle approaching from aft (rear)
shorten: The casting off of part of the mooring lines before a ship leaves the port

Semi-trailer in the port of Emden (March 2009)

Trailer: temporarily decommissioned ship
Shooting up a line

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B.

Signal flag - B

Wink alphabet - B.

Older form of boat slip: Boats are pulled out of the water with muscle or wind power

Keyword : Bravo [ ˈbɹɑːvoʊ ]

Baas

Belay nail

Belay nail: a wooden or metal pin stuck through a board to which lines are attached (attached); mainly found on sailing ships (also called Coffee-Nagel).
benept: Ship with ground contact and anchored in case of Nippptide floods (English: neaped)
Observation network: on the windward side of fishing vessels moored network , which is pulled up more often to see if the fish goes online
planking: the shell made of planks , which is built on the skeleton of keel and frames in wooden shipbuilding and together with this results in the ship's hull .
Salvage: 1. Securing an object floating in the sea
2. Rescuing people
3. Packing up (recovery) and securing the sails.
Ascent: in river navigation, travel against the current, upstream
Mountain wood: Plank through which putty bolts are driven
Bergy Bits: Large pieces of drift ice broken off by icebergs that protrude 1–5 m out of the water
Besanschot on: traditional command on tall ships to dispense a glass of schnapps; originally the information that on a tall ship the mizzen bulkhead, which was trimmed last, was occupied and that a mooring or anchoring maneuver was thus completed
fitting: Fittings are parts i. d. Usually made of metal, with which anything is fastened, held together or secured. These include cleats, chucks, winches, halyard stoppers, curry clips, jib sheet guide rails, travelers and eyelets, as well as parts for connecting two moving parts such as shackles or thimbles in the sail
cutlery: 1. Aids for navigation
2. Geographical location of the ship
3. Calculation of the location (take / make cutlery): Direction (rw) and distance (in sm) from the coupling location (Ok) to the observed location (Ob), based on the same point in time .

Lunch place with a lot of cutlery

Cutlery relocation: Incorrect cutlery: The cutlery offset can be caused by
1. inaccurate steering and coupling
2. course errors (e.g. due to inaccurate control panel) and / or
3. incomplete consideration of electricity and wind.
Best man: The most experienced seaman on coasters and fishing vessels , also key seaman .
Bet: Extra trip with the anchor chain around the bollard or anchor winch head in bad weather .
mind: to take care of; have a drink.
bilge: lowest space of a ship, bounded below by the keel and floor.
Bilge pig: Inexperienced sailors should go downstairs and feed the bilge hog - which of course didn't exist
Flag of convenience: (English flag of convenience ) - flag of a flagged ship.
Binoculars: Binoculars.
Rush boat: In ancient times, rush boats operated between Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus. They were built from thick bundles of cane tied together. Thor Heyerdahl succeeded in proving their suitability for the sea with the help of Indians from the South American highlands, who still build their boats from reeds on Lake Titicaca .
unpack: Place fish on ice without an ice cover.

Bladder float

Bladder float: Floating ball by the fishing net.
blue: the nautical mourning color.
Blue or Blaubüdel: Nickname for the ship's carpenter on board.
blue guys: Term for seamen on warships.
Blue Peter: Flag signal: ship is going to sea in the next 24 hours.
Blue fire: signal shown at night by ships requesting a pilot.
Blender: Smuggling ship.
Blinding charge: Stealth cargo during smuggling .

block

block: Housing with mostly several discs (rollers) for deflecting ropes, e.g. B. in a tackle ; the block corresponds to the bottle of the pulley.
Flower arch: the bulkhead directly from the keel upwards.
Buck: Bunk , sleeping place.
Gust: Gust of wind
Bodden: a coastal body of water on the Baltic Sea separated from the open sea by headlands.
Floor walls: in shipbuilding, a cross connection in the lower part of the ship, which connects the frames, keel and ship's bottom. In boats and yachts, they often serve as supports for the floorboards at the same time, and in cargo ships as supports for the lowest loading deck.
Ground trawl: digging fishing gear for catching flatfish, oysters, mussels, etc.
Bongo: Lavatory, toilet.
Börteboot: Boat for the transport of passengers from the seaside resort ships on the outer roadstead in Helgoland to the island.

Working on the mast on bosun's chair

buoy: 1. Float anchored to the bottom, e.g. B. for mooring boats or ships or as a marker for the anchor (anchor buoy)
2. non-anchored floating body (floating buoy, e.g. with measuring instruments)
3. life-saving appliances for water rescue. Often tons (floating navigational aids that are used for navigation) misnamed buoys.
Boatswain's seam: simple seam for sewing canvas
Boatswain's chair: A short board hanging in slings that can be raised with a dinghy and serves as a seat when working in the rigging , on the ship's side or on superstructures
Boat roll: Security role: plan for the organization of security on board, which assigns each crew member his / her duties
Boat sanding planks: vertical planks on the outer skin to protect the lifeboats when lowering and hauling up
Bonnet (sail)

Steering position on the bridge

bridge: Command bridge, the command center on a ship
Bridge sign: Movable sign on the pier (the quay, the mole), which shows the ship the correct place to moor.
Roaring forties: (from English Roaring Forties ) strong westerly winds between 40 ° and 50 ° south latitude.
Bruhne: at the Haffkahn the lowest plank corridor was previously carved out of whole logs in the shape of an L.
Fountain: The deepest part of the ship in the bilge , where the suction cups for the pumps are installed. A ship has at least as many wells as there are watertight compartments. The well is also called the "pump sump".
Gross register ton: (Abbreviation: BRT) - an outdated measure of space for the size of merchant ships .
Peter Pan collar: white contrasting color over the black hull in combination ships ; should demonstrate speed and elegance.
bay: At the knot, the end of the rope is arched or the rope circles are laid out on deck ("shot up").
Bucintoro: also the golden barge , ornate galley of the Doge of Venice .
Bucko: In the past, a term used especially on American ships, but widely understood in seafaring, for a helmsman who rigorously ensures order and discipline on board; synonymous with English Bully ("Schinder").
Digger: bottle

Ship in a bottle

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Ship in a bottle: Ship in a bottle, small model replica of a sailing ship in a bottle
Buckeye: ("Bag sewer"), joke term for the sailmaker
Buff: Ocher ship color often used for masts, chimney, etc.
Bug: 1st front end of the ship
2nd side on which a sailing ship lies relative to the wind (see port bow )
Bow rudder: Part of the steering gear on submarines
Bow anchor: Anchor at the bow, in narrow and busy waters in a fairway ready to fall
Bow head: Bow ornament in the shape of a violin snail
Pulpit: Metal rods similar to a low railing on the bow of the boat, which are supposed to prevent a crew member from falling overboard
Nose: Upper bow end. In the German Navy , colored paintings are common (for a maximum of one year): red for crossing the Suez Canal , yellow for crossing the equator , blue for crossing the Arctic Circle , black for visiting the Black Sea .
bowsprit: Spars at the bow of sailing ships

Bow thruster

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Bow thruster: Impeller near the ship's bow below the waterline for better maneuvering in port
Bow visor: Fold-up bow section on RoRo ships (ferries)
Bow washer: Installation on icebreakers: When driving through ice, a mixture of air and water flows along the outer skin, thereby reducing the friction between the side plating and the ice.
Buccaneers: West Indian pirate in the 17th century.
Floorboards: thick layer of wooden planks on the top of the tank for protection during grab operation and for insulation against heated double-bottom tanks.
Bukligger: lazy guy.
Bulin: a holding rope for a square sail.
Bulkers: also bulk carriers , bulk carriers for bulk goods such as coal , ore , grain .

Porthole with gooseneck

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Porthole: round window ; the English name is not bulleye or bull's eye , but porthole .
Bullenstander or Bullentalje: Safety line on a sailboat from the end of the boom to the front to prevent the boom from rolling over to the other side ( collar ).
Bumboat: Sutler boat , also water boat; especially in Singapore for ship dealers, scrap dealers, souvenir dealers, also with "ladies" on board.
Bunk: (English for bunk ) Sleeping place on board.
bunkering: Take over fuel or drinking water.
Bunker deck: Upper deck in line with the main deck, exactly above the flooded fish room (Deken) at Haffkähnen.
Bünn: Fish hold of a fishing vessel that is connected to the outside water through numerous openings in order to transport the catch alive.
Office stick: Employee of the shipping company (joking).
Bush rump: Blue work smock with thin white stripes, originally from Finkenwerder . Was mainly carried by Hamburg port workers. Nickname: "Finkenwerder death coat".
Butterland: a false appearance of land caused by fog or haze, see Fata Morgana

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C.

Signal flag - C

Wink alphabet - C

Keyword : Charlie [ ˈtʃɑːli ]

Caballa: spanish mackerel
Cade: an English fish measure, 500 herrings or 1000 sprats
caisson: ventilated caisson for underwater work
Canvas: Canvas
Cargo: the cargo of a ship
Casco: the buoyant hull without technology (drive or rigging)
Cat's Paw: light wind ("cat's paw")
charter: renting or leasing a ship or boat
Charter party: the lease for the ship
Chief: Chief Engineer
Chief Mate: first officer in charge

Chinese washer on the cruise ship Germany

China max: the Chinese washer on board Hamburg ships. At the North German Lloyd in Bremen her nickname was "Fritz". The boss of all "Maxes" in Hamburg was the "Obermax"
chinschen: Pidgin -German / -English for trading, swapping
Chow: (Slang) eating, "eating"
Clapotis: standing wave on a wall
Club stand: triangular pennant with an emblem or the colors of the sailing club is hoisted under the port spreader
Clubbing: let yourself drift in the current when the anchor is briefly inserted and dragged over the ground
Clupeids: The collective name for all herrings
Coffee nail: see attachment nail
Coil: heavy sheet steel roll
Condock carrier: ( Con tainer and dock carrier) Container and dock ship: a special type of ship that is lowered by the flooding of tanks and can take on floatable cargo by floating directly into the hold via the open tailgate
Container stacking cone: a pivot pin similar to the bayonet lock, which engages in a hole in the container underneath to prevent it from moving
Coracle: Boat cane, with a skin or cover related
Costa pear: A fluid-mechanically favorable pear-shaped thickening on the rudder directly behind the screw propeller. Their diameter is 1/10 to 1/8 of the screw diameter
chop-chop: (Pidgin-English) fast, "do fast", "hopp-hopp"
Colani: see Kulani
Coxswain: Combat oarsman, helmsman
Creek: currentless river-like water
crew: the crew of a ship
Crude oil: crude oil
Cumshaw: (Pidgin-English) gift, tip, favor; from Hokkien: 感謝 kám-siā, thank you
Cunningham: Device for stretching the mainsail luff approx. 20 cm above the sail neck, see sail trim

Curry pin
Curry pin: Device for quickly clamping and releasing a line, named after Manfred Curry
cutter: 1. British Border Guard or US Coast Guard ship ; 2. Milling cutting head on the trunk of certain suction dredgers

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D.

Signal flag - D

Wink alphabet - D

Keyword : Delta [ ˈdɛltə ]

Dacron: synthetic material that many modern sails are made of
Dagge: Thaws as punishment on old sailing ships
Dolphins: (also Dalbe , Duckdalben ) stake or group of stakes in the harbor for mooring the ship
DAN: Call sign from Norddeich Radio
Steamer light

Loading , deck load logs on both sides

Cover slip: A glass that is firmly, i.e. not hinged, inserted into the deck. It usually has a prismatic shape to better distribute the light below deck
Deck load: Charge not below , but for some reasons (bulkiness Oversized gassing content) on the deck is moved
Deck crew: the nautical part of the crew
Deck master: Highest NCO in the nautical area of a ship (in contrast to machines or navigation), synonymous with Schmadding
Deck passenger: Passenger who is not entitled to a cabin space
Deck seat: floating deck bench as an additional means of rescue
Dan: Abbreviation for Deka- Newton , measure of the tensile strength of rope (= 10 Newton roughly corresponds to the weight that causes 1 kg of mass on the earth)
DGzRS: German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People
DG Hull: see displacer and glider
delta: bifurcating river mouth, named after the shape of the Greek letter delta
Dolphin scourge: seamanly for tamped floor , a component of a sailing ship for rigging, the jib-boom to improve, see rigging
Dennebaum: Longitudinal hatch coaming on a barge
Derivative angle: Angle between the tangent to the turning circle and the ship's longitudinal axis
Derrick: (English name for loading tree ) a crane that is built around a vertical post
German seaman's mission: (German Seaman's Mission) a Christian welfare institution for seafarers
Deviation: Magnetic fields that emanate from the ship's hull, the iron on board and electrical circuits
close up: maximum pulling in (pulling through) of a line
Thick ship: Colloquially a large seagoing ship, warship, also four or five masters
dinghy: small dinghy
dip: greeting from one ship to another with the flag half lowered
Dirk: Name for the line that runs from the top of the mast to the boom
Distance freight: Freight paid by miles
DMYV: German Motor Yacht Association

dock
dock: is a lockable and pumpable harbor basin to dry out a retracted ship
Dock plan: Cross-sectional drawing of a ship with the dimensions important for docking
Dodel: Prevents water from penetrating through the tab into the interior of the boat. The dödel (vaginal nail) is a softwood nail that is driven into a hole at the intersection of the tongue and spun . Penetrating water causes it to swell, thus sealing the flap. Its diameter depends on the size of the keel and the depth of the sponation
Dödelmoker: Boat builders and shipbuilders
Dördehand: (Handtalje, third handtalje) - English Handy billy (also watch tackle) very small pulley
Doldrums: Zone with frequent calm near the equator
Gunwale: (sometimes also called sielbord ) is the top edge and end of the side of an open boat, e.g. B. a rowing boat or a sailing dinghy
Oarlock: Iron or metal fittings in the form of a two-pronged fork are used in rowing boats to insert the straps when pulling or sculling
Domper: also preventer rope; to prevent a tree, pole or yard from jumping up, etc.
Donkey (boiler): Auxiliary boiler
Donkeyman: Auxiliary heater
Double bearing: a method of location determination in terrestrial navigation by taking bearings of the same object twice. If you take a bearing on an object and sail or drive a certain distance, e.g. B. 5 nm , and bearings on the object for the second time, the point of intersection of the second bearing beam with the first bearing beam shifted parallel to the course line gives the ship's location
Double-ended: Ship with propellers fore and aft, e.g. B. a ferry
Dorade ventilation: Pressure fan system for yachts, in which the ingress of water into the ship's interior is avoided by moving the fan head to the side from the air shaft
Dory: open row boat for line fishing
Dragganker: four-armed search anchor for searching the ground
Dragging: Anchor type with foldable flukes

Heavy drag anchor

Dragger: small US west coast trawler
Wire brook: like Netzbrook, but made of wire instead of rope . For loading rubber, etc.
Rotating bass: cannon suspended in a fork
Three-master: Sailing ship with three masts , mostly a tall ship
Three sisters: three consecutive giant waves
Three island ship: a cargo ship , which has a back (structure on the foredeck), bridge and poop (structure on the stern ). These structures appeared at sea after the chimney or the masts, first at the horizon on
Drifters: 1. Driftnet fisherman, 2. Lull genoa
Dromone: large speed sailor in the Middle Ages; Transition from trireme to galley ; 80 oars, 2 masts
junk: chinese cargo sailing ship
DSC: Call procedure in marine radio, important u. a. for emergency calls
DSV: German Sailing Association
Dubasse: mastless vehicle on the Vistula
thwart: the bench in an open boat
Duckdalben: see Dalbe
to bob: a ship bobbles when it sways gently in calm conditions or at anchor in a swell
Dark sea: Latin mare tenebrosum in ancient times the name for the Atlantic waters on the Moroccan coast up to Cape Verde (the name probably has its origin in the ignorance of these waters, where one still believed to find the end of the earth)
Run through the Daggen: Corporal punishment with rope ( running the gauntlet )
capsize: overturns the ship to the top of the keel
rush through: the sliding of one end out of a loose or incorrect knot
push through: Tighten and secure a rope, while trimming the rig of a dinghy, tension the luff wire of the jib
dwars: ( nds , from the Germanic thvert ) - twisted; abeam; across the direction of the keel
Dwarsdriver: (Cross driver) Term for complainers and those who always want to know better
Dwars line: Ships travel when they travel exactly parallel courses with equal distances on a line at 90 ° to the course, i.e. side by side
Dwarsloper: Ship running transversely to your own direction of travel
Dwarsmiecher: (Querpinkler) Term used by superstitious sailors for women on board
Dwarssee: Sea that hits the hull transversely in the direction of travel
Dwarswind: Wind that hits the side of the hull (cross wind)
Dynaship: an automated rig system for square sailors

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E.

Signal flag - E

Wink alphabet - E.

Keyword Echo [ ɛkoʊ ]

ebb: Time of runoff from high tide to low tide
Ebbetor: inner gate of a flood lock
ECDIS: Electronic Chart Display and Information System: Enables electronic navigation using a moving map with GPS
embark: going on board with the help of the ship's boat
evaporate: in the fore or aft jump is part of the maneuver for berthing and casting off ships
dock, dock: going to the dock, for example to carry out repairs or cleaning the floor
Owner: Owner, owner. The term is used in connection with the ownership of ships
bucket: Nickname for a ship; a water bucket, on the other hand, is called Pütz
monoplane: A ship that has only one (continuous) deck
retracted: is a crew and the like when they have become familiar with the handling of their ship etc.
Single hand yacht: A yacht that one man can operate alone. It must be built in such a way that all sailing maneuvers, including setting and recovering the sails, anchoring maneuvers and everything else that goes with it, can be performed by one man (see one-handed sailing )
clear in: completing customs and other official formalities when entering a port
mothball: decommission a ship
pick up: referred to in sailing attaching a Lifebelts the designated jackline for securing the sailor on the ship. It is attached using a snap hook attached to the lifebelt
shackle: a part, e.g. B. attach a leash, a block to another part with a shackle
embark: boarding to start a journey
Notice of embarkation: Message to passengers a few days before departure
Sneak in: Name for a stowaway
deploy: When the ship pounds out to sea, the forecastle goes into the sea
turn on: 1. Procedure for the anchor maneuver . If, after the anchor has fallen, force is applied to the chain, the anchor digs into the ground with its flukes, and the chain then slackens again, then the anchor has turned. 2. Sailor expression for "making love"
Icebear: Nickname for the Schmierer (official "machine attendant") who looks after the cooling systems on board
Ice cover: thick insulating covers that separate different cooling zones between the individual decks on refrigerated ships, or stable covers in the hatch shaft. The supporting “shear sticks” are also insulated
the three ice saints: Crew nickname for the captain, chief engineer, and first officer
Iron Gustav: (coll.) Autopilot
Ice belt: Ships that frequent areas where ice can be expected are built with ice reinforcement, i.e. H. primarily the foredeck between the empty and low-loading line is reinforced, possibly until well after midships
Ice shortage: a ship is in ice distress when it is enclosed or trapped by ice all around
Elephant: an intermittent heavy rain on the west coast of Hindustan
Elger: Fish spear to catch bonito

Elevator ( grain sucker or lifter ) Malta

Grab crane on the pier, Hamburg
Elevator: 1. americ. Elevator, 2. Grain lifter, 3. Unloading and loading system for banana trees, 4. Elevator on an airship, 5. Height scissor board of the floating trawl, 6. Bucket excavator
Elmsfeuer: Electrical discharge during thunderstorms , in the form that small flames develop on the tops of the masts, spars, etc. This phenomenon, known from ancient times, found the most varied of interpretations among superstitious seafarers before the real connections could be explained. It ranges from the fire devil to omens for good or bad weather to the advance notice of the imminent death of a crew member
embargo: 1. Export ban for merchant ships, 2. Export ban, trade bans
EMPA: European Maritime Pilots Association; International organization of the pilot community
EMSA: European Maritime Safety Agency
The End: nautical term for ropes
Final eight: Another name for an eight knot
End shackle: the last end of the anchor chain, which is used to secure it in the chain case to prevent the anchor chain from rustling out
England expects: every man to do his duty - England expects every man to do his duty - Nelson’s order of the day before the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805

board: 1. stepping onto an enemy ship; 2. climbing into the shrouds = climbing up / down
demagnetize: Protect ship against magnetic mines
defog: Free the window from fogging
EPS: Abbreviation for "effective horsepower". The power of the machine that is actually available at the rear edge of the machine. Because of the friction in the bearings etc., the EPS is less than the horsepower generated in the machine. The ratio of EPS to PS is the efficiency of the system
Erasmus: the patron saint of seafarers (hence also "Rasmus" - see below)
Relief hole: In steel shipbuilding, those round or oval holes that can be made in the webs of high girders to save weight. Example: floor walls, frame frames
First violin

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F.

Signal flag - F

Wink alphabet - F.

Cruising yacht with a lazy jack (idler) on the mast

Keyword : Foxtrot [ ˈfɒkstrɒt ]

subject: Term for the space between two frames
subjects

a garbage can hung on the railing

to lead

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G

Signal flag - G

Wink alphabet - G

Figurehead of the Rickmer Rickmers

Keyword : Golf [ gɒlf ]

gaff: Steel hook on a rod with which large fish are brought on board from the water
gaff: Spar , obliquely above on Oberliek a gaff sail
Gaff ketch: see ketch
Galeas: In the 16th century the galeas was a type of military ship, today the galeas is a two-masted schooner with gaff and gaff top sail and transom (see Galiot)
Galion: A porch on the old wooden ships at the bow that was used as a toilet
figurehead

Loading of a barge , the front loading with boards as Garnier designed

Garnier: Boards, mats, foils etc. with which the cargo holds are laid out and / or lined.
guest: (Plural guests ) - part of a designation for a seaman in crew rank with a certain activity (radio guest, signal guest, central guest)
The guest: devil
Host country flag: The flag of the country in whose territorial waters a ship is located. Seagoing vessels lead them in the pre-top position or on the bridge wing, yachts on the starboard spreader
Gatchen: Small thimbles or eyelets sewn into sails so that reefing straps or other straps can be stuck through them
Gatt, Gat: Hole, opening; also: stern of the ship
Gattlage: when the ship with the Steven protrudes higher out of the water, as the rear . Also desirable to a certain extent so that the screw receives enough water
Birth certificate: Metal sign of the shipyard with construction numbers and other information. Is clearly visible on board so that it can be clearly seen by everyone, preferably the front edge of the bridge , in the passenger compartment of ferries
Combat oarsman: 1. In commercial shipping a proven man of the deck, the ship from the line to ground drive is determined to Rudermann; 2. The most trusted guest in the Navy
Opposite course: Course that is the opposite of the current course. For example, northwest is the opposite course to southeast
Counter rudder: The rudder angle opposite to the current rudder angle. Counter rudder is given to stop the ship's turning motion immediately. Giving counter-rudder is then called "support" (support rudder)
Headwind: Same as crooked wind. A wind that comes straight from the direction you want to sail in
Danger line: A stationary line (geometric location) which, if crossed, the ship approaches a dangerous point
Danger angle: red sector of a beacon
Combat role: defines the duties of each crew member on board a navy ship in the event of a battle
Geitau: 1. Pulley for setting ("Aufgeien") the cargo booms 2. The rope attached to the sheet ring of a square sail, which runs up over the Rahnock to the mast and from there down to the deck and is used to raise (reef) the sail
Ghosts: Sailing ships sailing apparently without wind
Gennaker: a large asymmetrical triangular headsail , mixture of genoa and spinnaker
Genoa: a large headsail on dinghies and slup-rigged sailing yachts (often a furling sail)
Germanischer Lloyd GL: German Ship Classification Society; Founded in Hamburg in 1867
Hymn book: Chafing stone, which is used to scrub the wooden deck, as it was used kneeling ; english holy stones; holy stones
squadron: a group of warships
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Signal flag - H

Wink alphabet - H.

Keyword : Hotel [ hoʊˈtɛl ]

Hague -rules: an international agreement in maritime trade law
Hague-Visby-rules: an international agreement in maritime trade law (see Hague Rules )
hateful: hazy, slightly misty air
Port taxes: Money that a ship has to pay to use the port and its facilities, such as entry, lights, etc. It is measured according to the size of the ship and the length of stay
Harbor billiards: Port billiards are the entertaining attempts of a charter crew to tame their charter yacht in the port
Port captain

Greetings from SMS Emden

Heater salute: mostly unintentional expulsion of black smoke
Helgen, also Helling: the construction site of a new ship
Heligoland: is a hat shape with a small shield
Hellegat: Höllenloch a ship's room that is used to hold ship's inventory
Slipway: see Helgen
Herring hunter: fast transport ship that takes the herring from the fishing vessels at sea and brings it ashore
Herring fence: Device for catching herring from willow , reed or the like. A system of long baffles to traps lead
Hercules cordon: A type of composite rope. It consists of natural fibers, the cardels of which have a core made of steel wire. The steel insert is on the inside, the natural fiber on the outside
Master sailor: ironic term for amateur sailors who, at the beginning of sailing, often came from aristocratic circles or from “better society”; they "let sail"
Centerpiece: in this triangle of solid steel, the two are Renner a derrick pair angeschäkelt and the loading hook ; see loading harness
This year , wages: Wages of the seaman
Heave: is the good that is hung on the loading hook at once when loading or unloading
heave: lift, lift, pull up
Auxiliary diesel: is used to generate electricity on board
Sky hook: a non-existent tool that newbies must look for on board a ship for the amusement of the crew
Sky comedian: Sailor pastor
back and forth: Double oscillation of the ship
high and dry: if a ship falls completely or partially dry when the water is running out
squat: Fish compartment in the fish hold
height: the angle between the ship's course and the wind direction
High seas: comprises according to Article 86 of the Convention of 1982 (UNCLOS) all the parts of the sea that are not the exclusive economic zone , the coastal waters or the internal waters of a country or the archipelago waters of archipelago State include
territorial waters: or twelve-mile zone (formerly three- mile zone ) are the areas of the coastal waters of a country within which the respective state law applies
Hollow spear: Tool of the rigger : an iron spike made of steel in the form of a tapering groove with a (wooden) knob at the thicker end; serves as the marlin spike , as splice -tool
Hol: In deep-sea fishing, the entire process from launching the dishes to retrieving them
Holebug: long stroke when crossing to gain height, so that one can then approach the target on the windward side on the long bow
to fetch: put on a leash
Holk: Sailing ship type
Hoppel-Poppel: Meat and bacon leftovers from the previous week are "sanded together" in the pan with fried potatoes - see catering
Hopper: the hold of an excavator
croissant: Nickname for the ships of the shipping company Heinrich C. Horn ("the little horn") in Hamburg
Hornpipe: a solo tap dance popular with sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries to the sound of a flute or fiddle
Trouser buoy: A strong linen cloth cut like trousers. By means of a roller guide over a rope stretched from ship to ship or ship to shore, the shipwrecked can be rescued.

hovercraft
Hostalen bowl: Jokingly for boats made of plastic
hovercraft: Hovercraft
Huari rigging: an early American gaff rig on Huari boats
Chicken boat: very small, mostly attached rowing boat of a ship or yacht
Chicken ladder: Connection between ship and pier; is used when the gangway z. B. for reasons of space or because of too great a height (flood) can not be used

"Hungerkreuz" chimney brand from DDG Hansa

Huker: English slang; disparaging for cargo ship

Scoop
Hulk: see Holk
Hundred mesh piece: in the case of the bottom trawl, a tapering net with decreasing mesh size
Dog bunk: Emergency bunk (visitor bed)
Dog guard: also rat watch or pig watch, the watch from midnight to 4 a.m.
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Signal flag - I

Wink alphabet - I.

Keyword : India [ ˈɪndiɘ ]

I. o. W.: Abbreviation for Isle of Wight; Isle of Wight
IACS: International Association of Classification Societies
work in rough seas: Ship movements due to swell
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J

Signal flag - J

Wink alphabet - J.

Jacob's ladder

Jet propulsion

Maidens 1

Keyword : Juliett [ ˈdʒuːljət ]

Jack: 1. English name for seaman, sailor 2. Union Jack = English national flag
Jackass barque: a sailing ship with three to six masts, whereby the foremast has square sails and the rest of the gaff sails - the main mast also has Mars sails and cross sails
Hunting gun: Bow gun of a warship
Hunter: Common name for the outer jib
Hunting line: Auxiliary line for overtaking steel cables
Jacob's ladder: A rope ladder leading from the backspier or the outer skin to the boats
Jacob's staff: Grading stick, old instrument for taking the height of the sun
Janmaat: Term for the seaman, similar to Hinz and Kunz , Krethi and Plethi or Hans and Grete ; in the narrower sense for the deckhand sailor driving in front of the mast; see. also Hein Janmaat
Jet propulsion: Water jet propulsion
Jetty: English landing stage
Jimmy Squarefoot: a mythical being on the ocean floor
Jockel: (jokingly) On board seagoing vessels, there is a small auxiliary diesel engine to drive the generators for the power supply. The drive motor on yachts too
Yogurt cups: joking expression for sports boats made of plastic
Dinghy: Term for a dinghy
Dinghy: A boat without a keel. The J. only gets its stability from its shape and the weight of the crew, while a keel ship (yacht) gets its stability from the ballast. The smallest dinghy in the Navy
Dinghy rope: very long lines for different purposes. Example boatswain's chair
Jolly Roger: English name for the black pirate flag
journal: Diary, logbook
Judas ears: Timbers on both sides of the bow at the bow to support the bowsprit, also called ear timbers
jumbo: Loading boom for very heavy loads
Juffer: mostly three-hole wooden discs see 'Jungfer'
Jumboizing: Extend a ship by cutting vertically and placing an entire ship section in between
jump: North German for jumping
Jump day: a stay to stiffen the mast
Young Guard: Collective term for the young degrees (trainees) in deck service,
Maid: 1. mostly three-hole wooden disks for tensioning the shrouds on older sailing ships, 2. tensioning screw with only one spindle (shroud screw)
Youngster: a young, inexperienced man

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Signal flag - K

Wink alphabet - K

Keyword : Kilo [ ˈkiːloʊ ]

choppy: Choppy seas due to swell from two different directions
Cable Ede: Nickname for the Kabelgattsmann = experienced sailor, maintains the ship's own tools and work materials in the Kabelgatt, specialist in splicing and rigging work
Cable flag: to indicate how much cable (anchor chain) is laid out
Kabelgatt: Storage space for marine equipment in the bow
Cable length: Nautical length measurement 1/10 of the nautical mile = 185.20 m
Cable board: A warning sign erected on both banks where a cable crosses an inland waterway. It bears the inscription “Anchoring prohibited”, or it shows an anchor with the flukes up
Cadet: Officer Candidates
Coffee sailor: derisive term for comfortable, "unsporting" sailors
Boat: Term for any type of ship, sometimes used as a nickname
Quay (bank structure): an embankment fortified by walls - mostly in harbors or on river or canal banks for unloading and loading shiploads
Kaiten: Japanese manned torpedoes used during World War II
Quay: Name for the quay in northern Germany
Kajik: Turkish rowing boat, originally for traffic between the two banks of the Bosporus
Kajuga: a dugout canoe of the Kajugas Indians in Panama
cabin: Living room, lounge or bedroom on ships
calve: Glaciers , icebergs break
Kaleu: Navy abbreviation for lieutenant captain, also salutation (Mr. Kaleu)
Caulk kalfaten,: the sealing of wooden planking with tow
Kalme: 1. Calm, calm 2. The regions in which experience has shown that calm is predominant, the Kalmen belt
Cold eggs: Tidal currents wash cold water to the surface of the sea, causing the air to condense; fog arises
camel: Ship camel , floating body for lifting loaded ships in order to drive over a shoal
chamber: Crew member's accommodation
Kampanje: Hut deck, sometimes also the name for hut or poop

Battle suit lake

Firing a cannon

Battle suit lake: slang for oilskin
Kamsin: dry, hot desert wind in Egypt
channel: artificially created waterway
cannon: 1. Gun for sinking enemy ships 2. Famous person, excellent captain
Canoeists: Canoeists
Edge fishing: Fishing in steeply sloping areas on the seabed
Kapelan: Greenland salmon
Letter of piracy: License to capture enemy merchant ships
hijack: the application of a vessel by force
Cape Horn Fever: Fear of Cape Horn ; also Cape Stiff
Captain picture: is the artistic representation of a ship, which was usually made on behalf of the captain as a souvenir. Pictures of captains were particularly common from the 18th to the early 20th century
Captain's walkway: on the roof of the captain's house on old ships
Cape: Law of the Sea - cargo that the captain was allowed to take with him on sailing ships with the consent of the shipowner on his own account
Captain: de Olle, the old man , ( captain )
caps: cut something off, cut through, e.g. B. a rope
Kardeel: The laid cordage consists of several cardels (three-or-four cardels)

Carronade
Carronade: also Carronde, English warships carried Carronades after 1780. The Carronde was developed in 1774 by General Robert Melville. The Carron Iron Founding and Shipping Company foundry built the prototype Smasher. Originally designed for army use, a version that could be used on board came into use on frigates in 1779. The principle is a short tube with a core that is extended towards the front, like a mortar, and a comparatively small propellant powder charge. As a result, the projectile had a slower speed than a normal cannon of the same caliber. When it hit the target, the carronade's bullet caused more damage than the faster-flying cannon and caused a rain of splinters to fall on the enemy
Card course: true course of a ship, course over the bottom
cartography: Map customer
cat: Nine-tailed cat in the sailing ship era, name for a whip , which in the British fleet consisted of 9 ends of thin ropes and was provided with many knots. With the cat, sailors were punished for offenses
Kaskasi

Dock , keel blocks under the stern

Kiek ut!: Low German (watch out!) exclamation of caution, if z. B. Load is moved
Kieker: Low German the sailor's prism binoculars
Kiel: lowest longitudinal stiffener of the ship
Keel block: strong wooden blocks along the floor of a dock on which the keel of the ship rests
Keel: 1. overtaking under the keel; 2. On old sailing ships, an often fatal punishment for a seaman, in which the punished person was pulled through under the ship on a rope
Drive in the keel line: several ships run one behind the other
Keel pig: a reinforcement lying on the inside of the keel, which typically takes up the lower end of the masts, also known as an inner keel
Go to feed the keel pig: popular cheating of newcomers to seafaring

Swivel keel of a keel sword
Keel swords: Sailboat that has a flat keel from which a sword / swivel keel can be extended. As a result, the boat has a lower center of gravity than a boat equipped with only a sword (although usually less deep than a pure keel boat); the sword prevents drift like a keel; on the other hand, the sword can be pulled up in shallower waters that are impassable for a comparable keelboat (or if necessary also when it hits the ground).

Wake
Wake: the visible trace that a ship leaves as it moves through the water
Kill: Fluttering of the sail or part of the sail due to turbulence in the wind along the sail
Rear sight: 1. the line of the natural horizon , 2. transition of the ship's bottom into the side walls
Kimmgang: The slab or plank corridor that lies in the rear sight , i.e. has the greatest curvature
Keel keel: it consists of two paired short keel fins attached to the side of the midship line
Chin knees: metal component at the position of the notch (2)
Kimmstringer: longitudinally connecting, mostly wooden components (strips or beams) at the position of the notch (2)
Kinge: refers to the more or less pronounced curvature of the notch (2)
Crate steamer: Container Ship
Klabautermann: a little goblin who is invisible on board the ship and who knocks and rumbles in the ship and either shows the ship's sinking by his appearance, or who sees order in the ship and shows mischief by his disappearance. As long as he stays on board, the ship is on a safe journey. The Klabautermann worries about the ship, his presence protected the ship. First documentary Mentioned in the 13th century.
clams: Widen the plank seams before caulking
clammy: 1. as much as "damp"; Sails are damp in the fog 2. no money on the seam
Cleat: Device for fastening fiber ropes
Folding socket: pivotable, manually operated Morse code lamp (signal spotlight)
clear ship: Cleaning and tidying up
Clarification: dealing with customs and other official formalities when entering and leaving a port
Make class: Carrying out the inspections on (merchant) ships and / or its technical facilities in accordance with the recommendations of the respective classification society
Clover: rigger wooden tool, similar in appearance to a hammer

Klüsen on the ship and tug

little brother: a weaker second storm following the main storm
Small sack: Designation in seafaring for a small port
Plumbing deck: in the earlier midship superstructures, the short aft deck above the main deck, but extending over the entire width of the ship. From which the engineers and assistants liked to watch the loading operation
cliff: Term for steep banks
Clinometer: Heeling knife. Shows the lean angle of a ship
clinker: overlapping planking
Clipfish: dried, salted cod
Klookschieter: Low German - reasoning, everything better knowing person, literally "smart ass"
gap: clothing
Klüsen: Openings in the hull through which chains or ropes are passed; so the seaman also calls his eyes, z. B. as a shout: "Open your lumps!"
Klütenewer: Very small cargo ship - example Haren Emser

Work on the jib boom
Jib boom: a spar that protrudes over the foredeck and to which a foresail ( jib , jib , fighter ) is attached
Lugs: A jam-like, mostly wooden part of the rigging that is attached where it is supposed to secure something against sliding down
Scarce and cheap: Nickname for the Hamburg shipping company Knöhr & Burchard
node: Speed measure, 1 kn = 1.852 km / h (1 nautical mile per hour)
Knot (tying): A fastening and connection of one or more ropes or ropes . There are a lot of different boatmen's nodes that z. B. used when mooring a tanker at a port
Cooking table mate: eats after the rest of the crew with the cook, e.g. B. who was at the helm
Bait brake: A suitably large cover made of wood or metal, which was hung in the harbor in front of the outlets for cooling water or faeces in order to avoid contamination of smaller ships moored alongside
Charcoal burner: coalfish
Cofferdam: Space created by 2 parallel bulkheads around tanks filled with different contents
bunk: Sleeping place ( bed ) on board
Piston rings: Jokingly meant are the gold or silver stripes of the ranks on the uniform jacket, also known as tinsel on shoulder boards
Pull the piston: A piston of the ship's engine that gets stuck in the cylinder due to insufficient lubrication and must be replaced.
Kolcher: small ship
Collision bulkhead: Shipbuilding - Watertight transverse bulkhead in the ship connected to the first (foremost) ballast tank.

Compass rose
caboose: Galley
compass: is a display device for determining the cardinal points
Compass rose: Degree scale on the compass
Go get the compass key: jokingly popular kidding of newcomers to seafaring
Compact tractor: a tug of compact design
Package: 1. Part of the ship's cargo , 2. In shipbuilding, the construction section of a new building
Come to!: Command: the rudder should gradually be moved towards midships

King rolls on the cheek on both sides of the stem

Commodore: 1st sea captain with admiral rank, 2nd honorary title for merchant navy officers, 3rd president of a yacht club, 4th pilot commander, 5th squadron commander of a naval aviation squadron
King, King Roller: Heavy cast iron pulleys on the forecastle and the aft deck
King spoke: the top spoke of the steering wheel at the midship rudder, often specially marked
Contraband: Banned goods, contraband goods
Office flag: Shipping company flag
Koow: Low German means a seagull
Headboard: Sails often have a small (plastic) board sewn into the head (upper part) of the sails, which is supposed to absorb the pull of the fall (for pulling up and down)
Head blow: Completion when occupying a cleat
Head leash: The mooring line to the mooring line extending from the bow tip and providing additional support in heavy seas
Kopheister go: overturn, overturn
Dead reckoning: Determination of the presumed (not measured, but calculated) location by drawing the distance traveled (per time unit) and controlled course on the map
basket: in fisheries also a measure for caught fish; 1 basket = approx. 50 kg
Corinthians: Amateur sailors
Corsair: 1. Privateers, pirates. 2. Name of a national sailing boat class

Kort nozzle
Kort nozzle: Steel construction in which the ship's propeller rotates in a nozzle-shaped ring. Increases the propeller thrust at low speeds
Kotia: Ship of the indigenous population of the Malabar coast (East India) 2 masts, latein rigged
Crab Claw Sails: see crab claw sails
Crow's nest: Platform or basket-like lookout stand on the ship's mast
Crane: Whale body from which the bacon has been stripped
Heel: Tilt of a ship to the side (also: overtaking the ship / the ship overtakes)
mad lake: short, relatively high seas, which give the ship uncomfortable movements
Kravsack / Kreffsack: Sailmaker's equipment bag for the lifeboat or scrotum
Kraweel: Planking with smoothly abutting edges
Crayfish: Failure to row, an air blow while pulling, or getting stuck in the water with the oar
Crab claw sails: a heart-shaped canoe sail from Polynesia
Cross (s): The necessary changes of direction of a sailing ship to sail against the wind
cruise: Vacation trip with a passenger ship
Kreuzsee: arises when the waves come together from different directions, so z. B. Swell crossed with wind sea, so that waves of different heights result from overlapping - cf. Clapotis
Cross sail: A sail on the cross mast of a full ship
crib: Fish compartment on deck or hold
Kruboys: (English crewboys ) for loading tree trunks (logs) (precious woods) locals temporarily employed on board
crutch: bad technical ship that is not in perfect condition
Krulle: Volute as a stem end under the bowsprit instead of a figurehead
Cripple bindweed: small winch
Kitchen bull: Mocking name for the ship's cook (Smutje, Cookie) - but not for merchant shipping
Kuddle Shark: the shark
Cow tail: the loose cardel of an untwisted rope
Cow turn: Actually Q-turn, derived from the shape of this letter "Q". Designation for following a turning course in the form of a "Q" in order to rescue someone who fell overboard (luffing-turning-falling again). The Kuh (Q) -turn allows you to return to the point where the maneuver began using simple means; in other words, to where the shipwrecked man is likely (still) to be floating in the water
Kujambel: all kinds of fruit drinks
Kujambels: Name for the foreign currency in foreign ports
Kulani

Kümo: Abbreviation for coastal motor ship
pen: Mocking name for a sailor without rank
Küper: 1. A clerk for import goods in the German North Sea ports, e.g. B. for coffee , tobacco . He checks for damage and defects, takes samples and weighs them before the release to the customer takes place. 2. Provisioners on passenger ships
Kurre: Bottom trawl
Curling line: Steel rope on which the trawl is towed and hoisted
Drop course: setting a course on the nautical chart
Course change signal: If ships can see each other, a ship in motion must indicate its course change with the following signals (short tone of approx. 1 s duration) briefly I change my course to starboard ; briefly briefly I change my course to port ; briefly briefly briefly my machine goes backwards; briefly briefly briefly briefly briefly briefly: I would like to point out your obligation to evade.

Cutter

Kusi: Northeast monsoon , blows from East Africa towards India from June to September
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L.

Signal flag - L

Wink alphabet - L

Loading mark

La Vieille beacon , Brittany

Keyword : Lima [ ˈliːmə ]

LMCCS: Lloyd's Machinery Certificate, continuous survey Lloyds certificate for machinery, ongoing survey with entry in the Lloyds register, which states that the ship's engine is subject to an ongoing survey
Laberdan: Cod salted in barrels
ointments: Protect the wire rope and iron parts of the rigging against rust . In sailing ship times, the ropes are coated with refreshment , a kind of tar
Labskaus: trad. seaman's dish. Mashed potatoes, salted meat and beetroot are pureed together. The result is a not very appetizing looking, but tasty mixture, which is traditionally served with beetroot (sliced), rollmops, fried eggs and beer
Maze network: a built fish trap
Loading mark: horizontal lines 230 millimeters (9 inches) long and 25 millimeters (1 inch) wide, separated from a 25 millimeter (1 inch) wide vertical line placed 540 millimeters (21 inches) in front of the center of the ring of the freeboard mark in the right angles and, unless expressly stated otherwise, are set off to the front. Identify the permitted minimum freeboard
Laeiszmast: The fourth mast from the front on the five masters of the shipping company F. Laeisz , Hamburg
Lagan: also Legan, in the military seafaring ship goods dropped for later detection; for example to deceive the enemy and make them believe that their own ship has sunk
Land shark: illegal recruiter for seafarers
Landlubber: Non-sailor
along: parallel to a ship in its longitudinal direction
come alongside: moor, moor on the quay
Trifle: small thing
tab: Securing or lashing the ship's cargo
load: 1. Load , an ancient measure of the transport capacity of ships;
2. Last , a storage room below deck of a ship
Lastadie: Old name for loading bay that has been preserved at some port places ; formerly also ship carpentry, shipyard
Lateral plan: the area of the longitudinal section of a ship below the wake
to run: a ship doesn't go, it goes; it runs in or out, a certain journey runs; on the other hand, it does not run or drive to China, but it goes to China
running rigging: all the cordage with which the sails or the movable yards are operated
wash: (out of date) cruising, sailing sideways against the wind
Estimated lay part: proportional, staggered percentage profit of a member of a whaler after the end of the fishing trip
Lazy bag: Cover between lazy jacks and tree that holds the sail like a tarpaulin
Lazy jack: Lines stretched diagonally from the mast to the tree to secure the sails when mounting sails
League: an English measure of length: three nautical miles (5.55 km)
Leak, leak: a leak in the ship's hull , deck or engine, etc.
Leak plug: also bottom valve in the outer skin bottom
lively: a ship is alive when it obeys the helm easily and quickly
lee: side turned away from the wind (to fall : turn leeward); Windward: side facing the wind
Leesail: 1. Sails on the outside of square sailors
2. Cloth (possibly with a cross bar) that is stretched in front of a bunk to prevent it from rolling out when the ship is heeled
Legerwall: Danger from onshore wind just below the coast
Legan: see Lagan
Legel: Loop or ring on the leech of a sail
leggo: nautical call for "let go" comes from the English "let go"
Leibholz: strong wood, which forms the side closure of a bar deck along the ship's side, also a waterway
Hearse: a doomed ship
Lighter: a non-powered, floating large container that is only moved in push or towing formations
Ordinary seaman: nautical rank
rope: Rope , usually with an indication of the purpose: anchor line, tow line, care line
Chief Engineer , LI: Master of the engines, chief of the engine room, technical officer, reporting directly to the captain
bilge: Draw or pump water from the ship; also: sailing before the wind
lamp: Term for a sailor with above average experience
beacon: all largely stationary light signals for navigation in shipping , including lightships .
Leuwagen: Fastening for running goods; also: Feudel, pick-up scrubber
Levantera: strong southeast wind in the Mediterranean
Libeccio: Southwest wind in the Mediterranean
Liberty ship: The 10,000 t unit freighters of the US war program in World War II; Ships that were manufactured in large numbers
Couchette: Security guard on a ship when no crew is on board
Liek: reinforced edge of a sail
Likedeeler: Pirate Low German: equal parts of the Baltic Sea, then the North Sea. The most famous was Klaus Störtebeker
Lifebelt: Harness for securing against falling overboard

Lifeline

Lifeline: also a lifeline , a rope with which the lifebelt can be connected to the ship
Lime steamer: A mock name for an English ship, as it was mandatory to drink lemon juice there to prevent scurvy
Limey: (English slang) from lime juice , jokingly for English sailors
line: (Slang), nautical expression for the equator.
Line trip: same, timetable-like routes
Ship of the line: (English Ship of Line ) Name for a heavy (sailing) battleship in the 18th and 19th centuries. Not to be confused with line service
LL: Abbreviation for shipping company Lübeck Line , also jokingly Lumpen Lloyd
Lloyd's Medal: Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea - a gold, silver and bronze medal on a red, white and blue ribbon awarded by Lloyd's for extraordinary saving of human life at sea
Lloyd's Record of Losses: Black book; Lloyd's Book of Ship Losses
Relaxed: Master fisher at the tuna fishery , who manages the bait maintenance and distribution
decoy: Submarine trap in the English Q-ship
log: Log, log - speedometer
logbook: Ship journal, ship diary

Lögel (top right) on the forestay of Regina Maris

Log letters: Abbreviations: B = broken sea, C = cross sea, H = heavy sea, R = rough sea, S = smooth sea, T = tidal ripples, G = basic manure

Loading , logs as deck cargo

Lögel: metal slip rings with which (stay) sails are attached to the stay, traditionally in the form of an open circle (or a very bulbous "U" s) with the ends folded outwards ("ears"); Hüsing is used to sew on the loops . On modern ships, modern stag riders are used instead , which allow faster anchoring and casting off.
Lodging: Crew rooms, crew quarters
Logs: heavy tree trunks that were often carried as deck cargo

Harbor pilot goes on board

Keel off: 1. Protection keel, a plank or beam under the actual keel; 2. aft ballast keel wood on yachts
get away: let a chain or hawser come slowly without throwing it loose
Delete: the combustion product of coal and heavy oil, which collects in the smoke chamber of the exhaust system of the ship's engine and has to be removed at regular intervals, usually after the end of a working day
Clear: Unloading a ship
Lot: The plumb bob in shipping is used to measure depth
Pilot: nautical advisory board, which a ship receives in difficult passages, entrances, canals
Pilot Brotherhood: Association and organization of the pilots approved for a piloting area
Pilot cross ground: the part in which a pilot is permitted
Solder feed: It consists of beef tallow into which soil particles were pressed and stuck. This solder feed is located in a cavity in the bottom part of the solder body
hatch: Deck opening on a ship

Hatch cover
LR: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, British classification society based in London
Air bubble hull lubrication: With icebreakers, the upper layer of snow blows to the side on the ice cover
Lout fitting: (also called Lümmellager) flexibly connects the loading boom or mainsail boom to the mast
Hatch cover: the cover of the cargo space
Hatch guest / room guard
Hatch guest / room guard: Crew member from the gangway, which sometimes also during operation in the hatch, as a security guard ~ Tallymann ~ works
Hatch space: Recording of the stowage position for a clear and unambiguous description of the cargo distribution in the ship through graphical representation of the position of the individual cargo sections in a stowage or cargo plan using symbols and / or abbreviations
Hatch hours: A unit of work time equal to the total number of hours worked while loading or unloading cargo on all ship hatches
Windward: side facing the wind (to luff : to windward, turn in the direction of the wind); Lee: side turned away from the wind

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Signal flag - M

Wink alphabet - M

Manhole

Man rope

Mast base with the mast supported on it

Keyword : Mike [ ˈmaɪk ]

MS: Abbreviation for motor ship, see also prefixes of ship names
Mate: Colleague, seaman, seaman, meaning similar to Janmaat , in the majority Maaten also for seafarers in general
peculiar: Characteristic of a ship, well trimmed and with smooth movements in the sea
Mae West spinnaker: a large ball spinnaker for space sheet sailing
Bugger: Colleague, partner, comrade
pluck: Jumping around the wind 1. The wind is slow when it suddenly comes from a completely different direction. 2. A person is mall when he is completely out of the wrong place
Mall edge: 1. the edge of an angle profile to which a dimension is measured after the angle profile has been installed on board; 2. (in shipbuilding) inner edge of the outer skin
maelstrom: Ocean current between the Norwegian islands of Moskenesö and Värö ( Lofoten )
Manhole: seawater-proof climbs
Man rope

Individual evidence

↑ Lexicon of the BOOTE EXCLUSIV journal accessed on September 19, 2017

↑ Extend it properly - a few pointers ... accessed on September 19, 2017

↑ Sea man's yarn

^ Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . Volume 4. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1906, p. 311; zeno.org

↑ Heizergruß (Fletcher-Oldies.de)

↑ Große- seefahrt.de Grosse-Seefahrt.de

^ Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . Volume 5. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1907, p. 145; zeno.org .

literature

Dietmar Bartz: Sailor's language - from ropes, Pütz and Wanten. 2nd Edition. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-1933-6 .
Heinrich Herner: Design and establishment of merchant ships (1913/1942). Emphasis. Unikum Verlag, Barsinghausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8457-1098-3
Northcote Whitridge Thomas: The Naval Wordbook . A systematic dictionary of marine technical terms in English and German]. Lipsius & Tischer, 1901 / Gregg Press 2010, ISBN 978-1-4446-9472-7 (reprint - English).
Wolfgang Rudolph: Sailing boats on the German Baltic coast . Akademieverlag, Berlin 1969.

Web links

[1] Lexicon of the BOOTE EXCLUSIV journal accessed on September 19, 2017

[2] Extend it properly - a few pointers ... accessed on September 19, 2017

[3] Sea man's yarn

[4] Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . Volume 4. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1906, p. 311; zeno.org

[5] Heizergruß (Fletcher-Oldies.de)

[6] Große- seefahrt.de Grosse-Seefahrt.de

[7] Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . Volume 5. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1907, p. 145; zeno.org .

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See also

Individual evidence

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