Observation deck
A bearing deck is a specific ship deck on a ship.
definition
The observation deck is normally the highest deck on a ship. From here the position of the ship was previously determined by bearing . Today there are various antenna systems on the observation deck, such as radar , GPS and radio antennas and other navigational and safety-relevant aids. This also includes sensors and measuring devices for weather observation and their recording devices . The magnetic compass is also set up there, since the observation deck is the deck that has the greatest distance from the hull, which is usually made of steel. For safety reasons, it is compulsory for every ship in the event that the gyrocompass fails. Located below the observation deck usually the command bridge of the ship to the bridge deck. The navigation rooms and the radio room are also located here.
The observation deck is often jokingly called "Monkey Island" by seafarers, but the term is also used in specialist literature. The term may go back to the fact that the observation deck of sailing ships was on one of the masts and seafarers could only reach this deck via the rigging , which they had to climb over like monkeys.
literature
- Detje, Peter (ed.): Shipbuilding for boaters . Eckhardt & Messtorff Verlag, Hamburg 1962.
- Author collective: Stahlschiffbau . transpress Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-341-00410-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is Monkey Island on Ships? , Marine Insight, accessed June 13, 2013.