Back Dek Afrikaans سطح (سفينة) Arabic Палуба Byelorussian Gelumat BEW Палуба Bulgarian Coberta de vaixell Catalan Paluba Czech Dæk (skib) Danish Deck (Schiffbau) German Κατάστρωμα Greek

Deck (ship)

For other uses, see Deck.
"Lower deck" redirects here. Not to be confused with Star Trek: Lower Decks or Lower Decks (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
RMS Olympic's deck
The upper deck of the Falls of Clyde is iron; a centre strip is planked with wood as a sort of walkway. As is typical for a late-19th-century vessel, several deckhouses may be seen.

A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1] of a ship. On a boat or ship, the primary or upper deck is the horizontal structure that forms the "roof" of the hull, strengthening it and serving as the primary working surface. Vessels often have more than one level both within the hull and in the superstructure above the primary deck, similar to the floors of a multi-storey building, that are also referred to as decks, as are certain compartments and decks built over specific areas of the superstructure. Decks for some purposes have specific names.

  1. ^ Edwards, Fred; Sollers, Jim (illustrator) (1997). Sailing as a Second Language: An illustrated dictionary. International Marine Publishing Company, Highmark Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-87742-965-0.

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