Hull (watercraft)
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A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top, or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other
Hull form lines, lengthwise and in cross-section
Ship above the water with the entire hull visible
Royal Navy World War II MTB planing at speed on calm water showing its hard chine hull with most of the forepart of the boat out of the water.
Bow (watercraft)
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The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is farthest forward when the vessel is underway in the usual direction. The aft end of the boat is the stern.
Hull (watercraft)
…Baseline is a level reference line from which vertical distances are measured. Bow is the front part of the hull. Amidships is the middle portion of the vessel in the fore and aft direction…
The prow of HMS Caroline (1914)
HMS Dreadnought, with an inverted bow
The seaworthy bow of a Severn class lifeboat in Poole
A heavily laden barge in France. Note the bluff bow and the limited freeboard.