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• fore-and-aft bridge — noun : a gangway that sometimes connects a ship s forward bridge and after bridge …   Useful english dictionary

• bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …   Universalium

• V and W class destroyer — The 23 vessels comprising the Admiralty V class were ordered in July 1916 as repeats of the Admiralty V class leaders to counter the threat posed by reports of a new class of powerful German destroyers. They omitted the flotilla leader function… …   Wikipedia

• Q and R class destroyer — For the R class of destroyers built between 1916 and 1917, see R class destroyer (1916) The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla.… …   Wikipedia

• monkey bridge — noun 1. a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room • Hypernyms: ↑platform 2. the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house • Syn: ↑flying bridge, ↑flybridge, ↑fly bridge …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoist bridge — Hoist Hoist, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• monkey bridge — Naut. 1. See flying bridge. 2. Also called flying gangway. a raised fore and aft catwalk permitting safe passage when the weather deck is washed by heavy seas. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia

• County class cruiser — For the pre–World War I armoured cruisers, see Monmouth class cruiser. Canberra passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1930 Class overv …   Wikipedia

• Deck (ship) — For other uses, see Deck. A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1] of a ship. On a boat or ship, the primary deck is the horizontal structure which forms the roof for the hull, which both strengthens the hull and serves as… …   Wikipedia