freeboard deck
English
Noun
freeboard deck (plural freeboard decks)
- (nautical) The uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.
- 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12.10 Postaccident Analysis of Stability, Structures, and Sinking”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 24 November 2022, retrieved 23 November 2022, page 156:
- Figure 60 shows the downflooding angles for the downflooding points described above, plus the angle at which the edge of the freeboard deck would have been immersed (about 15°).
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