Port (nautical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Port is the nautical term (used on boats and ships) that refers to the left side of a ship, as perceived by a person on board the ship and facing towards the bow (the front of the vessel). The port s...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(nautical)
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: On a Ship, What is Starboard? ... Many landlubbers have trouble remembering which side of a ship is starboard and which is port. One mnemonic device is to remember that port wine is generally red, so port has a red light and starboard must have a green one.
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www.wisegeek.com/on-a-ship-what-is-starboard.htm
www.wisegeek.com/on-a-ship-what-is-starboard.htm
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If you find yourself on a ship, how do you know which side is starboard and which side is port? As a Naval Man the answer is quite simple - Port is left and starboard is right. But if you were travelling on a ship for the first time, how could you remember that?
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www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mne/1198ptst.htm
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You will recall that one of the earliest mnemonic articles I did - click here - was on how to remember which side of a ship was port and which side was starboard. One of our visitors Dr Cled T. Click has given us another suggestion:
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www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mne/0103ptst.htm
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; <--Previous Up Next -->; Starboard side of ship...
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www.lazytd.com/travel/cruise/aruba-Pages/Image3.html
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In the time of the Vikings (eighth to eleventh centuries A.D.), ships were steered by long paddles or boards placed over the right side. They were known in Old English as "steorbords," which evolved into the word "starboard."...
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Alternate Text, Frame 15: UNKNOWN NEAR MISS EXPLOSION AFT STARBOARD SIDE OF THE SHIP NEAR MACHNERY SPACE; [Image as described] Ship suffers extensive shock damage, fragmentation damage and small Alpha and Charlie fires from second explosion off the starboard side stern of the ship.
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www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/presentations/Dewert/Dewert15.htm
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PAF2333 Starboard side of stern of a ship, inscribed ' Duguay Trouin '? ... Provenance: Wyllie Collection ... Prints & Drawings Catalogue...
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www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/prints/viewPrint.cfm?ID=PAF23...
www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/prints/viewPrint.cfm?ID=PAF2333
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Just before midnight, Fred Andrus helps to lower the 2,400-lb CTD over the ship’s starboard side ... Investigating the Charleston Bump Exploration ... NOAA Ocean Explorer Gallery...
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www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/logs/aug...
www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03bump/logs/aug09/media/ctd_launch.html
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