No, but the orlop deck is the lowest deck of a wooden sailing ship with three or more decks.
Yes. It is the lowest part of the ship (except old ships) It is the deck or part of deck where the cables are stored.
* Orlop deck: The deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. It is the lowest deck in a ship.
Yes; it is the lowest deck on a wooden sailing ship containing three or more decks.
orlep. correct spelling is orlop.
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The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships). It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. It has been suggested the name originates from "overlooping" of the cables.It has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of "overlap," referring to an overlapping, balcony-like half deck occupying a portion of the ship's lowest deck space. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word descends from Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen, "to run (over); extend").Oxford English Dictionary. Orlop n.. Mar. 2009 Online edition. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
The lower deck or the orlop,was the part of the slave ship where they chained the Africans on their backs. They were fed little, treated terribly,and were never allowed to get up until they arrived on the east coast.
The lowest deck on a multi-decked ship is referred to as the Orlop deck. Below this are the bilges and in some cases double bottom tanks or spaces for ballast.
Gunpowder was stored at the bottom of ship decks because most of the ship's cannons were located on the gun deck. Boys called "powder monkeys" carried gunpowder from the orlop or lowest, deck up to the gunners,
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It is used for engines and boilers to power the ship's lights, and propellers and heats to make it delightful for the voyage.