Abbreviations and Drafting Conventions

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Accom.

Accommodation(s)

&c.

Et cetera (Latin)

c., ca.

Circa (Latin), about, approximately

cf:

Confer, compare with ...

CWT:

Hundredweight (112 pounds weight or 50 kg.) - An obsolete measurement of weight. In the UK, it was counted as 112 pounds (the long hundred weight) and should not be confused with the US hundred weight of 100 pounds (short cwt.)

Dk:

Deck

Do.

Ditto - In a table, this indicates an upper entry is carried down one line in the matrix. It is now usually replaced by the ditto mark (") which serves the same function.

ft:

Foot

Fwd:

Forward

G.I.:

Galvanized Iron

H&W:

Harland & Wolff

H:

Heater Switch

HP:

Horse Power

Inbd:

Inboard

kW:

Kilowatt

lbs:

Pounds (weight)

min:

Minute

Ms, Mss.

Manuscript, Manuscripts

NB:

Nota Bene:(Latin), Note especially...

Outbd:

Outboard

P:

Port

Pr:

Promenade -

1. A deck space intended for light exercise, typically walking. Such promenades may be "Open" (completely exposed to the elements, "Sheltered" (covered by a deck or awning but still open to the elements at the ship's side) or "Enclosed", with weather protection afforded by windows in a side screen..

2. A deck featuring such exercise spaces.

 

S:

Starboard

SH:

Supply Hot Air Fan or Trunk

sic:

Thus (Latin), notes errors in primary sources.

Side screen: A lightweight steel partition arranged on the outboard edge of a deck typically carrying windows to shelter an enclosed promenade.

Stbd:

Starboard

SW:

Supply Warm Air Fan or Trunk

Wt. El.:

Watertight Electrical Box

XA:

Accommodation Extraction Fan or Trunk

XG:

Galley Extraction Fan or Trunk

XL:

Lavatory Extraction Fan or Trunk

W:

Watt(s)


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