The OOW Maritime Dictionary is updated at frequent intervals. The best way to find the definition of the term you are searching for is by pressing ctr+f in your web browser to pop up the search bar and type the term you want to find.
The majority of the information presented below has been compiled from various sources either from the internet or through personal day to day work experience and is being updated at regular intervals. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any queries or ideas for improvement of the maritime dictionary.
Your dictionary looks better than anything available at present. Certainly, something that I will recommend to my colleagues and cadets at the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in Saint-Petersburg.
Thank you very much for your kind words. An update of the current Maritime Dictionary & Maritime Acronyms is being prepared and will be ready most probably during January 2013.
this is the first nautical dictionary so far i have seen giving such nice explanation with diagrams, it has solved my many problems which i was having wrong meanings of things in my mind.
thank you
Really a good dictionary. However, the picture depicting the scupper needs rechecking. The first pic seems to be that of a anchor hawse pipe.
That’s correct. The picture has been removed. Thanks for the feedback.
You could also include lugged and lugless joining shackles with their uses.
You could also include “pawl bar”, “spurling pipe”
Your Martine dictionary is great. I need to know what is screen? Is it not where ships berth on the waters to load and discharge? Thanks.
What is the correct terminology for the openings in the bulkhead where the mooring ropes are inserted through?
Your dictionary is very educational. We will make them available in our library for use of our students. Thank you.