Parts on a 1500 Caravel

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Ship Vocabulary List

Directions: Look up each word and write the definition of each word on the list. Then, label these parts of a ship on your copy of the ship drawing. Draw arrows pointing to the correct parts and write neatly so that you can fit all the parts.

Aft deck

rigging

bow—                                  

main deck—

hull—

fore deck

fore mast—

keel—

lateen rigged—

main mast—

bowsprit—

masthead—

mizzenmast—

port—

main boom

rudder—

sail—

main castle

starboard—

stern—

mizzen sail

mainsail

portholes

carvel planking

topsails

foresail or jib