Sentence examples for sloping deck from inspiring English sources

Like rodeo clowns, Leif and I scampered up to the high side of the sloping deck and hung on.

They all rushed, ran, screamed for boats, tore and thrust one another from the ladders leading down to them, fought for the lifebelts and jostled one another on the sloping deck.

The ships' vitals were well armoured against any caliber shell fired by battleships at the time at ranges where the shell would have to penetrate both the main belt and the sloping deck.

This significantly improved the ships' protection as any shell that penetrated their vertical armour also had to penetrate the sloping deck before it could reach the machinery compartments or magazines.

Inside the scaled buildings replicating the Titanic are sloping decks, recreated cabins and 20 galleries featuring artifacts that include items from James Cameron's blockbuster 1997 movie.

It is now its gently sloping upper deck.

Armor protection consisted of a sloped deck that ranged in thickness from 1 inch on the flat and 2-3 inches on the slopes.

The traditional-style units, designed by Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects of Des Moines, take advantage of the sloping terrain, with decks and walkout basements that can be finished as family rooms and dens for an additional $33,000.

It was the first battleship to use Harvey armour, which allowed the secondary casemates to be armoured, the first to use a sloping armour deck and the first to provide armoured shields over the main armament.

Now they have it, a magical structure that appears at the end of a long dirt road, just past a stream, its red metal roof sharply sloping toward a wide deck.

The deck sloped down to the belt; this portion was between 40-55 mm thick.