Course (navigation)
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In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished from the heading, which is the direction where th
Instruments used to plot a course on a nautical chart.
Bridge (nautical)
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A bridge, or wheelhouse, is a room or platform of a ship, submarine, airship, or spaceship from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is under way, the bridge is manned by an officer of the wat
Navigational bridge of a cargo ship docked at Port Everglades, Florida
The compass platform of a British destroyer in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War with central binnacle and the voice tubes to belowdecks
The interior of the bridge of the research vessel Sikuliaq, docked at Ketchikan, Alaska
RMS Queen Mary 2, showing a bridge with enclosed bridge wings that permit a view along both sides of the vessel