midships in English

noun
1
the middle part of a ship or boat.
its powerful midship section

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1. 2 synonyms for Amidships: amidship, midships

2. We got the midships outer hatch open.

3. • accommodation ladders located either close to accommodation or near midships;

4. • pilot ladder located either close to the accommodation or near midships as on some tankers;

5. Afterdeck: 1 n a deck abaft of midships Type of: deck any of various platforms built into a vessel

6. A third elevator midships, 11.8 by 13 meters (38 ft 9 in × 42 ft 8 in) in size, was added.

7. As an interjection Amidships is a helm order, normally shortened to midships!, to centre the helm in the line of the keel.

8. On 26 May, her number 3 5 inch gun accidentally fired into her starboard midships 20 mm mount, killing five men and causing considerable structural damage.

9. Amidships: 1 adv at or near or toward the center of a ship “in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, Amidships , and at the rear” Synonyms: amidship , midships

10. Afterdeck - a deck abaft of midships deck - any of various platforms built into a vessel fantail - an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

11. The wheelhouse is located on the main deck forward from midships; access to the wheelhouse from the Afterdeck is through a sliding door fitted with a sill on the starboard side facing aft, and access to the foredeck is through a hinged door on the port side of the wheelhouse.

12. Amidship: 1 adv at or near or toward the center of a ship Synonyms: Amidships , midships adv at or near or toward the middle adj located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft Synonyms: central in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area