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tacking. See also back and fill. abaft Toward the stern, relative to some object (e.g. "abaft the cockpit"). abaft the beam Farther aft than the beam;
Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)
Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(A–L)
Sail boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig
generally having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail abaft (behind) the mast. It is a type of fore-and-aft rig. The mainsail may be
Sloop
Sailing rig
two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast. The word 'snow' comes from 'snauw', which is an
Snow_(ship)
Small sail for high winds
wind. It is hoisted abaft (i.e., directly behind) the mainmast (taking the place of the much larger mainsail) or, on a brig, abaft the foremast. A trysail
Trysail
Furnace for rendering blubber into whale oil
whales for the recovery of oil on a whaling ship. The try-works is located abaft the forehatch. It is constructed of brick and attached to the deck with
Try-works
Configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat
or Marconi rig is a type of sailing rig that uses a triangular sail set abaft (behind) the mast. It is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats
Bermuda_rig
aboard, or topside. Abaft (preposition): at or toward the stern of a ship, or further back from a location, e.g. "the mizzenmast is abaft the mainmast". Aboard:
List_of_ship_directions
Lights on a vehicle indicating position, heading, and status
dead ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side (left side) and a white light that shines from astern to two points abaft the beam on both sides
Navigation_light
Back or aft-most part of a ship or boat
individual beams that run side-to-side or "athwart" the hull at any point abaft the fashion timber;[clarification needed] second, it can refer specifically
Stern
Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy
displacement, most of it aft. they are: Glass-reinforced plastic turtleback abaft the sail to accommodate remotely operated vehicles Towing winch and drum
USS_Memphis_(SSN-691)
1937 airship fire in the US
flame" flickering along the backbone girder about one-quarter the length abaft the bow to the tail. There was time for him to remark to his wife, "Oh,
Hindenburg_disaster
Anti-submarine missile system
level of the superstructure immediately abaft the launcher, or in a separate deckhouse just forward or abaft the Mk 112. The MK 16 Launching Group also
RUR-5_ASROC
1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
disrepair. Grey had noted a few months previous that, "...the ship is very weak abaft; the transoms between the lower and middle decks work exceedingly". Jervis
HMS_Victory
List of every preposition from each category
generally only used in specialized contexts, such as abaft in nautical settings and dehors in law. abaft (nautical) abating (obsolete) abeam (nautical) ablow
List_of_English_prepositions
Control surface for fluid-dynamic steering in the yaw axis
(2504–2347 BC). Both the tiller and the introduction of an upright steering post abaft reduced the usual number of necessary steering oars to one each side. Single
Rudder
1929 cruiser class of the German Navy
which were placed above the bridge and abaft the stack. On Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee the place abaft the stack was taken by the catapult so
Deutschland-class_cruiser
Luminous plasma created in an electric field
flame" flickering along the backbone girder about one-quarter the length abaft the bow to the tail. There was time for him to remark to his wife, "Oh,
St._Elmo's_fire
US Navy heavy cruiser class
Mark 24 gun directors, one on the foretop and one in a protected position abaft the funnel. These were eventually replaced by two more modern Mark 34 directors
Northampton-class_cruiser
Triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast
On boats with only one jib, it is common for the clew of the jib to be abaft the mast, meaning the jib and mainsail overlap. An overlapping jib is called
Jib
Type of warship intended to escort other larger ships
torpedo tube in the bow plus two more torpedo tubes on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels. Later, the bow torpedo tube was removed and two more 6-pounder
Destroyer
large deckhouse between the foremast and mainmast, a hatchway is present abaft the mainmast. The name may have originated from Malay word bajak means "plow"
Bajak
Class of destroyers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy
alteration made whilst building was the fitting of a 4-inch gun on a gundeck abaft the funnel. It was also decided that the twin 40/60 mm guns would be fitted
Battle-class_destroyer
Fore and aft sailing rig with nearly vertical upper spar
configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached
Gunter_rig
United States Coast Guard ship class
starboard, just forward of the red stripe. The black smudge in the hull abaft the superstructure is the exhaust of the port engine. Class overview Name
Marine Protector-class patrol boat
Marine_Protector-class_patrol_boat
Type of boat
Lines for a 31 ft longboat drawn in 1801. The windlass for working an anchor can be seen drawn in red, abaft the mast.
Longboat
Type of boat
two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with the mizzenmast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock, or in some instances, very close to the rudder
Yawl
Type of boat
fore and aft sails which include more than one headsail. The mainsail (set abaft, or behind the mast) could be gaff, Bermuda, standing lug or gunter rigged
Cutter_(boat)
Type of warship
masts but no foremast. A snow had a foremast and a main mast immediately abaft which a small subsidiary mast was fastened on which the spanker was set
Sloop-of-war
Class of battleships of the British Royal Navy
shattered also.[9][citation needed] When 'X' turret was fired 30 degrees abaft the beam and elevation of 40 degrees, considerable damage occurred to the
Nelson-class_battleship
Major 1945 battle of the Pacific War
hits 31 72 16 Apr 45 * USS Pringle Destroyer Air attack, kamikaze Val hit abaft stack No. 1, explosion, broke in half 65 110 16 Apr 45 USS Bowers Destroyer
Battle_of_Okinawa
French destroyer class
superstructure which added more weight high in the ship. There were three deckhouses abaft the break in the forecastle with intervals between them to permit the beam
Mogador-class_destroyer
Propulsion of a vehicle by wind power
port or larboard (left-hand side), forward or fore (frontward), aft or abaft (rearward), bow (forward part of the hull), stern (aft part of the hull)
Sailing
US Navy cruiser class
fire-control radars. Some space was allocated on these cruisers amidships abaft the after stack for the possible installation of eight Polaris missiles
Albany-class_cruiser
1937 class of light cruisers of the United States Navy
the other Brooklyns by the placement of the after deckhouse, immediately abaft the second funnel, and by the twin 5-inch mounts. The Brooklyn class was
Brooklyn-class_cruiser
17th-century Swedish warship
Vasa also has the main topsail halyard knighthead positioned a distance abaft the foot of the mast and angled to point at the main-topmast head. This
Vasa_(ship)
masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock Lists of watercraft types Oxford English Dictionary
List_of_ship_types
Oiler of the United States Navy
torpedo. At 03:19 a torpedo from I-72 struck the oiler on the starboard side abaft the engine room. The explosion caused extensive flooding in the engine room
USS_Neches_(AO-5)
Storeship of First Fleet
decks afore, 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) midships and 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) abaft. Fishburn appeared in the 1781 volume of Lloyd's Register with Gill, master
Fishburn_(1780_ship)
Minesweeper of the Royal Navy
as an unarmed survey ship with an enlarged bridge and a large chart room abaft the extended forecastle deck. She served through World War II and the two
HMS_Scott_(J79)
Class of Japanese heavy cruisers
quarterdecks. Two gunpowder-propelled catapults were located on the beam abaft the mainmast. A maximum of four Kawanishi E7K2 "Alf" three-seat floatplanes
Tone-class_cruiser
Vowel split in English
scaffold(ing), staph calf, giraffe, half, laugh, staff /-ft/ kaftan, Taft abaft, aft, after, craft, daft, draft/draught, graft, haft, kraft, laughter, raft
Trap–bath_split
Part of a ship or boat
referred to as the promenade deck. Quarterdeck: (a) The part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. Usually reserved
Deck_(ship)
Class of American destroyer escorts
gun mount in sponsons, and two on each side of the ship in sponsons just abaft the funnel. Some of the ships had extra Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure
Buckley-class destroyer escort
Buckley-class_destroyer_escort
Class of midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
controls. Behind the crew would be the main ballast tank and fuel tank. Abaft the fuel tank and ballast tank in the aft section was an in-line six diesel
Kairyū-class_submarine
Subclass of the A-class destroyers
18-inch torpedo tubes, one fixed in a bow mount and two on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels; however the fixed bow tube fitted in the preceding '26-knotter'
Charger-class_destroyer
Admiral-class battlecruiser
submerged forward of 'A' turret's magazine and the other four were above water, abaft the rear funnel. About 28 torpedoes were carried. The ship's main battery
HMS_Hood
Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine
Bluff that the wreck revealed K-129 with a 3 m (10 ft) hole immediately abaft the conning tower would support the theory of an explosion of one of the
Soviet_submarine_K-129_(1960)
Arrogant-class cruiser
a 7.5-inch on the forecastle, with a second 7.5 on the superstructure abaft the third funnel. Sixteen Stokes mortars were mounted in batteries of four
HMS_Vindictive_(1897)
Class of frigates built for the Royal Navy
the superior Harpoon with eight GWS 60 missile launchers fitted laterally abaft the bridge, and each ship carried a 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS to provide last-ditch
Type_22_frigate
him; some others were collected by publishers of "unauthorised" editions (Abaft the Funnel, From Sea to Sea, for example). Still others of his works were
Rudyard_Kipling_bibliography
G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy
Hipper was slow to answer her helm and Glowworm struck the cruiser just abaft of the anchor. The collision broke off Glowworm's bow and the rest of the
HMS_Glowworm_(H92)
Ship structure for expelling exhaust gases
1911 to 1932. Both had their funnels in two groups of three before and abaft of center. A mack is a combined stack and mast, as fitted to some classes
Funnel_(ship)
Of the US Navy
lost the originally fitted 3"/50 caliber gun twin mounts that were located abaft the stack. In the 1980s, a Mk 29 launcher for the NATO Sea Sparrow was fitted
Wichita-class replenishment oiler
Wichita-class_replenishment_oiler
Polish Navy destroyer
were replaced by two single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, with two more Oerlikons abaft the searchlight, while two twin .50 inch machine guns were mounted on the
ORP_Piorun_(G65)
Class of naval vessel
single engine room mounted next to each other and controlled from a room abaft the machinery room. The two diesel engine system was selected due to the
D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
D'Estienne_d'Orves-class_aviso
rounded stem, cruiser stern, a low streamlined funnel and a single mast abaft the bridge, giving a well-balanced appearance. There were two hatches forward
MV_Bloemfontein_Castle
Canadian Navy officer (1910–1974)
ram U-210. As the gun battle grew in intensity, Assiniboine rammed U-210 abaft of her conning tower, crippling the submarine. 38 of the 48 German crew
Max_Bernays
Relative location of objects in space
Examples for internal directional relations: left; on the back; athwart, abaft Examples for external directional relations: on the right of; behind; in
Spatial_relation
Clyde-built paddle steamer (1878-1936)
same time, a smoking room was erected on the promenade deck immediately abaft the after funnel. All of Columba's distinguished career was on the first
RMS_Columba
1927 Nelson-class battleship of the Royal Navy
aft main director. The anti-aircraft directors were situated on a tower abaft the main-armament director with a 12-foot high-angle rangefinder in the
HMS_Nelson_(28)
Vessel designed to carry freight in bulk format
A tow made up of 25 empty barges (5 raked in front, 5 raked abaft, 15 boxed in center) heads up the Mississippi River as seen from the St. Louis Arch
Dry_bulk_cargo_barge
Submarine of the Royal Navy
hard to port, but had not yet begun to answer her helm when she rammed H42 abaft the conning tower, almost slicing the submarine in half. H42 sank with the
HMS_H42
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer class
immediately received Type 93 13 mm AA Guns mounted in front of the bridge and abaft the aft stack. From 1941 to 1942, many ships lost one or two of their aft
Mutsuki-class_destroyer
Submarine of the United States
USS William H. Bates (SSN-680) with a Dry Deck Shelter on her deck abaft her sail. History United States Name USS William H. Bates (SSN-680) Namesake
USS_William_H._Bates
Extension of a boat's keel at the back, also a surfboard's fin
14, 2014. "Skeg, or Skegg. A projecting stump formerly left on the keel, abaft the stern-post. The after-end of the keel. The composition piece supporting
Skeg
WWII-era Uragan-class ship
bridge and a 1-meter (3 ft 3 in) searchlight was fitted on a small platform abaft the rear funnel. Beginning in 1934, four semi-automatic 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K
Soviet_guard_ship_Groza
British battleship (1906–1919)
could deliver a broadside of eight guns between 60° before the beam and 50° abaft the beam. Beyond these limits she could fire six guns aft, and four forward
HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)
Deutschland-class cruiser
were also installed for these guns, one above the signals bridge and one abaft the funnel. In 1940, the 8.8 cm guns were removed, and six 10.5 cm (4.1 in)
German_cruiser_Deutschland
Topics referred to by the same term
disease Ringtail (sail), an extra sail, usually set in light winds, extending abaft the leech of a fore and aft sail HMS Ringtail or RNAS Burscough, a former
Ringtail_(disambiguation)
British naval ship class (1898–1925)
and Andromeda have no steam pipes abaft the first two funnels, while all the others have steam pipes before and abaft each funnel." The Diadem class was
Diadem-class_cruiser
English Tudor warship (1511–1545)
accompanied by fine lines, particularly in the run (the underwater hull shape abaft the midship section). Even in the full sections in the forward part of the
Mary_Rose
Lengths of rope or sennit used for stowing a sail
also fastened to the jackstay. When stowing a sail, the gasket is passed abaft (behind) the yard and up on the other side, going round both the yard and
Gasket_(sailing)
Philippine Navy vessel
binocular is also carried on tripod mounts, one on the forecastle and one just abaft the mast. The Mk.38 Mod.0 M242 Bushmaster 25mm chain gun was not installed
Jose Andrada-class patrol craft
Jose_Andrada-class_patrol_craft
1939 class of battleships of the Royal Navy
M.S. Prince of Wales, 24 May 1941:"About 400 tons water in ship mainly abaft after bulkhead" Garzke & Dulin, p. 190, states that Captain Leach had informed
King George V-class battleship (1939)
King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)
1838 song by Epes Sargent
gliding craft, Set sail! and farewell to the land, The gale follows fair abaft! We shoot thro' the sparkling foam, Like an ocean bird set free; Like the
A_Life_on_the_Ocean_Wave
Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier
same-sized downward-curving funnels on the ship's starboard side, just abaft the island, vented exhaust gases horizontally from the boilers and were
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku
Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shōkaku
Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
gun each was located at the bow and stern with the third gun positioned abaft the bridge on the forecastle deck. Their torpedo armament consisted of three
Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1917)
Japanese_destroyer_Kawakaze_(1917)
Asagiri-class destroyer
forward. Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles are carried in two quadruple mounts abaft the ship's funnel. Matsuyuki was laid down on 20 January 1987 and launched
JS_Matsuyuki
WWII freighter/cargo vessel
feet (50 m). But unlike every other lake freighter she still had holds abaft her engine rooms. She was towed from the yard where she was converted, in
Cliffs_Victory
Class of guided missile destroyers
the removal of the Sea Sparrow launchers. A Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS was placed abaft the remodeled funnel. The ships also received new sensors, seeing their
Iroquois-class_destroyer
A ringtail a sail which is set abaft (behind) a fore-and-aft sail to increase the total sail area of a sailing vessel in light winds. It may be three
Ringtail_(sail)
Odin's eight-legged horse
on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2008. Kipling, Rudyard (1909). Abaft the Funnel. New York: B. W. Dodge & Company. Retrieved 16 March 2014. Noszlopy
Sleipnir
placed in a turret and could fire over a clear upper deck from about 50 feet abaft the beam on one side to the same position on the other side. However, the
HMS_Conqueror_(1881)
Class of British Navy destroyers
over the Acastas, with the number of torpedo tubes doubled to two pairs - abaft the funnels - with a small searchlight platform in between. The gun armament
Laforey-class destroyer (1913)
Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)
Flower-class corvette
May 1944, forecastle extended, new bridge, hedgehog fitted, mast moved abaft of bridge, new boats, new electronics Identification Pennant number: K181
HMCS_Sackville
French Suffren Class frigate
single-mounted 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon were fitted two to each side of the ship abaft the DRBC 33A radar. Suffren was named after the French admiral Pierre André
French_frigate_Suffren
Ernest Shackleton's ship, 1914–1917
the crew made their quarters in the forecastle. The darkroom remained, abaft of the boiler. The refit also saw the ship repainted from white and gilt
Endurance_(1912_ship)
King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
and another pair on the quarterdeck. All of the single Oerlikon mounts abaft the breakwater were removed and redistributed across the ship. Duke of York
HMS_Duke_of_York_(17)
Leander-class cruiser
hit by torpedoes and disabled. Leander was hit by a single torpedo just abaft 'A' boiler room. 26 crew from the boiler room and the No.1 4-inch gun mount
HMNZS_Leander
C/31 mountings. These directors were placed above the signal bridge and abaft the funnel. In the SL-2 the drifting of the gyroscopes was neutralized by
Stabilisierter_Leitstand
World War II British corvette class
rear of the superstructure; the galley was also moved forward, immediately abaft the engine room. Shortly after the outbreak of war the French Navy ordered
Flower-class_corvette
French navy destroyer (1970–2008)
single-mounted 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon were fitted two to each side of the ship abaft the DRBC 33A radar. Duquesne was constructed at the Lorient Arsenal (French:
French_frigate_Duquesne
December 1941 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater of WW2
only three); one at the very bow, one opposite B main gun turret, and one abaft Y turret which not only punctured the hull but bent the outer starboard
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy
control just as his bomb left the rack. It tumbled in flight and hit just abaft the number two elevator on the starboard side, exploding on contact and
USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)
Destroyer ship
placement would follow that of its predecessors, with one set forward and one abaft the second funnel. Due to this, and the huge number of earlier changes,
German_destroyer_Z51
Sailboat class
forward cabin, two midship aft cabins, each with two single berths, an abaft cabin with two bunk beds and two aft cabins, one with two bunk beds to starboard
Swan_108
British shipping company (1845–1934)
accommodations were located amidships on all four decks, with Second Class located abaft of first on the three uppermost decks on Teutonic and all four decks on
White_Star_Line
Israeli Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
armament consists of single, dual-purpose gun OTO Melara 76 mm, allocated abaft in a gun turret. The weight of the projectile is 6 kg (13 lb), the range
INS_Romach_(1981)
Class of heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
lessen the effects of muzzle blast from B turret when the guns were trained abaft the beam. They had heightened funnels as built. The aircraft and catapult
County-class_cruiser
Subclass of the A-class destroyers
18-inch torpedo tubes, one fixed in a bow mount and two on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels; however the fixed bow tube fitted in the preceding '26-knotter'
Ardent-class_destroyer
Slangs & AI meanings
Back area of the boat
Further aft than the beam: a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow: "two points abaft the beam, starboard side" would describe an object lying 22.5 degrees toward the rear of the ship, as measured clockwise from a perpendicular line from the right side, center, of the ship, toward the horizon.
Toward the stern, relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch"). Never use the term Aft of
ABAFT
Slangs & AI derived meanings
 Chimney sweep
Clinch is slang for a lovers' embrace.
LSD
Home
Platter is American and Canadian slang for a gramophone record.
Puddings and pies is London Cockney rhyming slang for eyes.
Used to describe a scrub. (ed: it's odd how one slang term is used to refer to another. But also we don't have a definition for 'scrub' so if someone would oblige please?).
Verb. Past tense of 'skin' (verb), i.e. skinned. E.g."Rob skun up a joint last night that was 9 inches long!"
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adv. & a.
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
adv.
Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
n.
A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
n.
A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
n.
One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.
n.
A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.
n.
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
a.
Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
n.
A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
prep.
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
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