steerage-way

См. также в других словарях:

• steerage way — noun (nautical) Sufficient movement of a vessel to allow the rudder to grip the water, thus enabling it to be controlled by the helm • • • Main Entry: ↑steer …   Useful english dictionary

• steerage way — noun the rate of headway required if a ship is to be controlled by the helm …   English new terms dictionary

• steerage — n. 1 the act of steering. 2 the effect of the helm on a ship. 3 archaic the part of a ship allotted to passengers travelling at the cheapest rate. 4 hist. (in a warship) quarters assigned to midshipmen etc. just forward of the wardroom. Phrases… …   Useful english dictionary

• way — Synonyms and related words: ability, access, ache to, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adit, admission, advance, advancement, advancing, aesthetic distance, affectation, aim, aim at, air, air lock, air space, alley, ambition, ample scope …   Moby Thesaurus

• Masthead Island — IUCN Category II (National Park) …   Wikipedia

• harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …   Universalium

• Qutang Gorge — The Qutang Gorge (瞿塘峡) is the shortest and most spectacular of China s Three Gorges.Immediately downstream of the ancient village Baidicheng (白帝城) the Yangtze River passes between the Chijia Mountain (赤甲山) on the north and the Baiyan Mountain… …   Wikipedia

• HMS Defender (1911) — HMS Defender was an Acheron class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was built at William Denny Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland for £83,000 [ D K Brown The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906 1922 . Caxton Editions 2004. ISBN 1 84067… …   Wikipedia

• USS Atlanta (1861) — The first Atlanta was a casement ironclad, converted from a blockade runner, in the Confederate Navy, later captured and served in the United States Navy. Atlanta was built at Glasgow, Scotland, by James and George Thompson in the Clyde Bank Iron …   Wikipedia

• Spritsail — The spritsail is a form of three or four sided, fore aft sail and its rig. Unlike the gaff where the head hangs from a spar along its edge, this rig supports the leech of the sail by means of a spar or spars named a sprit. The forward end of the… …   Wikipedia

• USS Atik (AK-101) — was a Q ship of the United States Navy named for al Atik , a double star in the constellation Perseus. Her twin sister ship was USS Asterion (AK 100). Overview The steel hulled, single screw steamer Carolyn was laid down on 15 March 1912 at… …   Wikipedia