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| Commodore | (1) An intermediate rank between Captain and Rear Admiral, often held by a senior captain when given extra responsibility. (2) The leader of a yacht club. |
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| Companion Way | The area leading down from the deck to the cabin, usually with steps (ladder) |
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| Company | The whole crew of a ship. |
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| Compartments | The spaces between the transverse bulkheads of a ship. |
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| Compass | Navigation instrument, either magnetic, containing a magnetized card indicating the direction to magnetic north (showing magnetic north) or gyro (showing true north). |
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| Compass Card | A card labeling the 360° of the circle and the named directions such as north, south, east and west. Part of a compass, the circular card is graduated in degrees. It is attached to the compass needles and conforms with the magnet meridian-referenced direction system inscribed with direction. The vessel turns, not the card. |
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| Compass Course | The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course. |
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| Compass Error | The amount the compass is deflected from the true direction by variation (magnetic) and deviation (metallic influences) together |
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| Compass Rose | A circle on a chart, showing all 360°, indicating the direction of geographic north and sometimes also magnetic north. |
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| Complement | The number of officers and crew employed upon a vessel for its safe navigation and operation. |
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| Composite Construction | An object made with more than one type of material. |
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| Compression Post | A vertical post, supporting the coach roof or deck, between a deck-stepped mast and (usually) the keel. |
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| Con | Station, usually on the bridge, from which a ship is controlled; the act of so controlling. |
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| Container Ship | A ship constructed in such a way that she can easily stack containers near and on top of each other as well as on deck. The hull is divided into cells that are easily accessible through large hatches, and more containers can be loaded on deck atop the closed hatches. |
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| Continental Shelf | A region of relatively shallow water surrounding a land mass where the depth increases gradually before it plunges into the deeps of the ocean. |
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