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  • Thumbnail for Sleeping berth
    extreme forward end of the hull (usually in a separate cabin called the forepeak). Because of the shape of the hull, this bed is basically triangular, though...
    7 KB (851 words) - 15:37, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sinking of the Titanic
    tray. This is what happened to Titanic, which had suffered damage to the forepeak tank, the three forward holds, No. 6 boiler room, and a small section of...
    128 KB (17,009 words) - 03:57, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flag of Antarctica
    1929, The Times noted that "the ship was flying the Union Jack at her forepeak, the white Antarctic flag at the foremast, and the Australian flag at the...
    16 KB (1,410 words) - 16:10, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for White flag
    1929, The Times noted that "the ship was flying the Union Jack at her forepeak, the white Antarctic flag at the foremast, and the Australian flag at the...
    17 KB (2,020 words) - 05:13, 28 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for SS Carl D. Bradley
    as: ... [a] typical arrangement for self-unloading type vessels with a forepeak and large cargo area, and having propulsion machinery aft. These areas...
    44 KB (5,261 words) - 17:20, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Broad Peak
    made on May 29 where Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8,030 m). The first ascent took the West Spur and was accomplished without...
    17 KB (1,705 words) - 04:04, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Response Boat – Medium
    Lazarette Auxiliary machinery compartment Engine room Survivors' Compartment Forepeak Head (Sources:) FLIR navigator thermal imager Furuno scalable integrated...
    10 KB (555 words) - 20:07, 19 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for SS Imperator
    eagle was created by Professor Bruno Kruse of Berlin, and adorned her forepeak with a banner emblazoned with HAPAG's motto Mein Feld ist die Welt (My...
    28 KB (3,040 words) - 16:13, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deal, Kent
    weighed 3 and a half tons. They were clinker built and had an enclosed forepeak in which the crew could shelter or sleep – but otherwise these were undecked...
    43 KB (5,440 words) - 01:54, 27 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rakaposhi
    Campbell Secord made the first reconnaissance and climbed a north-western forepeak (about 5,800 m (19,030 ft)) via the northwest ridge. 1947 Secord returned...
    15 KB (1,414 words) - 14:01, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henry Tingle Wilde
    Hemming about the hissing noise and Hemming said water must be flooding the forepeak tank but that the storeroom was dry. Wilde proceeded on his way. Haines...
    14 KB (1,899 words) - 16:02, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hermann Buhl
    magnificent achievement". Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8030 m) on May 29 1957, during the course of the Austrian expedition led...
    9 KB (810 words) - 12:15, 1 November 2024
  • foremast jack An enlisted sailor, one who is housed before the foremast. forepeak The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow. foresail 1...
    310 KB (38,864 words) - 07:50, 24 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for SS Île de France
    "dummy" funnel and an upturn of the straight black hull to meet its upper forepeak, in keeping with the new style of the CGT's ships beginning with Normandie...
    20 KB (2,512 words) - 23:37, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMHS Britannic
    the explosion damaged the watertight bulkhead between hold one and the forepeak. The first four watertight compartments were filling rapidly with water...
    63 KB (7,169 words) - 00:00, 1 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for MV American Mariner
    of damage from the accident revealed a 30-foot by 10-foot tear in the forepeak and another 6-inch-wide tear on the starboard bow stretching nearly 25...
    6 KB (459 words) - 07:28, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for ORP Burza
    was being thrown over the side of the ship. The admiral, when shown the forepeak, apologised, not having realised how badly damaged Burza was. After major...
    8 KB (806 words) - 13:18, 6 January 2024
  • two forward cabins, each with a double berth and a head for each in the forepeak. There is elliptical settee, and five individual seats in the main salon...
    7 KB (484 words) - 22:32, 6 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for SS New Australia
    repair and refit her. Her foremast was replaced with two king-posts. Her forepeak had been damaged in the collision, so it was remodelled to give her a curved...
    9 KB (792 words) - 11:46, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for RMS Segwun
    the concrete dock at the Lockmaster's house, resulting in a badly dented forepeak. Most of these vessels on the Muskoka Lakes were broken up or lost to fire...
    10 KB (1,183 words) - 17:12, 2 July 2023
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