Sentence examples for a forecastle from inspiring English sources

Many cargo vessels have a forecastle (deck).

She was given a forecastle, a bridge and her funnel was fixed in place and extended.

She was also given a false bow, but hers had a solid top that turned it into a forecastle.

One proposal was made to fit Imperator Nikolai I with a forecastle deck to improve her seaworthiness.

He added a forecastle to allow for better seakeeping and to make room for officers' quarters and restored the full height of the hull aft.

Her several decks; consisted of a main orlop, three main decks, and a forecastle and a spar deck of two floors each.

The ships were built with a ram bow and had a raised forecastle deck.

The Navy also called for the class to have a lengthened forecastle and amidship, which would increase speed, and a bulbous bow.

He ordered that an improved version of be designed; he wanted a higher forecastle to improve the ship's seakeeping qualities and Krupp cemented armour as well as Belleville boilers.

The side trawler is characterized by the wheelhouse and superstructure at the stern and a raised forecastle at the bow.

During World War I British destroyer design changed radically, creating what became the postwar formula of the V and W destroyer classes: four four-inch guns superimposed fore and aft, a high forecastle forward for greater seakeeping ability, and two sets of twin (later triple) torpedo tubes amidships.