Service premises. Bridge (marine term) Upper running bridge and bridge wings

I’ll tell you more about the Georg Ots ferry.
I got on it without any problems, first bought a pass to enter the port, said that I need to look at the new stroller at the TSW, then I went straight to the pier, where Ots was standing, got on the ship, called the officer in charge of the watch, and honestly told him who why did I come? Once I also worked in the Navy, and obeyed the Charter, the service on the ships of the Navy, so we found a guard on duty without any problems mutual language. Therefore, I not only received permission to rent a ship, but I also had a detailed tour of the ship.
Where does the ship begin? It’s hard to say, of course, maybe with a name, maybe with a bow, maybe with a captain. Let's start with the bridge. Correct name command bridge or navigation bridge, but the Navy is abbreviated - bridge. Usually the bridge on the ship is located in the upper part of the superstructure, and the longer the ship, the higher they try to raise it to provide the most better view. On modern ships, the bridge occupies the entire width of the vessel, and even has wings protruding beyond the usual width. That's about how on "George Ots". Since the ship is designed to sail in high latitudes, the wings of the bridge are made closed. For even better visibility, bulkheads and portholes are tilted forward and on the sides. Glass has wipers, heating, almost like a car. Above the bridge is a navigation bridge, roughly speaking, the roof of an ordinary bridge. It duplicated the basic means of controlling the ship, such as a machine telegraph, steering wheel, installed a magnetic compass, searchlights, etc.

1. T / h "Georg Ots"

2. Here is the bridge at the m / v Georg Ots

The navigation bridge with the mast, the white inscription on the deck - this is the identification number of the vessel, applied for easy identification of the vessel from the air. On the mast there are GPS receivers, weather devices, masts of radio stations of all ranges, satellite phone primaries, rotating radar antennas, navigation lights. The inscription "GEORG OTS" is necessary so that the navigator from other vessels using binoculars can contact the navigator Ots, rather than shouting, "Hey, you going at the rate 237, you will move us right now." Running lights are needed so that at night it is clear that the ship is moving towards you with a certain board, on the left is red, on the right is green. In order to better remember the navigator from the school, they are taught that you need to remember the "female genital organ", from where they must independently separate the letters "P" and "Z", which corresponds to "Right" and "Green". It is remembered for a lifetime.
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On this bulkhead are located, devices for communication with the shore, they replaced those bulky devices that previously occupied a separate room and required the presence of the head of the radio station and radio operators on the ship. Now the captain's assistants are managing all this. In fact, all of these devices can be replaced by a regular satellite phone, but guaranteed communication and security are most important here, therefore it is better to be bulky, but reliable. Here, as far as I understand, devices for signaling SOS are installed. Previously, the so-called Cospas device usually hung on the bulkhead, in the case of emergency situation it was necessary to turn him upside down and he began to give a signal. Whether these devices are still preserved in connection with the introduction of the global GMDSS system, I do not know. Earlier, the connection with the coast from the flight looked like a special shamanistic ritual, at a certain time the radio operator called Vladivostok Radio through a long-wave connection, then the operator girl in Vladivostok called the necessary phone, connected the phone to the connection when connected. The conversation took place in an open way for the whole Pacific Ocean, looked like Vladivostok Radio, Sergey will talk to you now, Hello, come on, Hello, hello, wife, hello. Are you waiting for me ???. Reception! ", and from there," Yes, I'm waiting, welcome ! "," How are the children? Welcome! "," What children? What Sergey are you from which ship? Reception. "
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5. This nook is the seat of the third assistant captain, here on nautical charts the ship's route is being laid. On top of the shelves are signal flags. They are used if it is necessary to send a signal to other vessels, but it is impossible to establish communication with them on the radio station. For communication between ships and with coastal services there is its own channel on duty. After communication on it, the parties select another channel for communication only between themselves and release the standby channel. To determine who is calling you, there are inscriptions on board english language. The fishermen have also written the call sign in large letters. On the table is a ship's log. The list of crews, the date of arrival and departure from the port, the depth of the water at the port and when entering the sea, speed, course, wind strength during the voyage, the names of the watch crew and watch navigators and their detailed report on all events are recorded in the ship's logbook. occurred during the flight.

6. Here is a top-down converter that converts data received from the lag and gyrocompass into digital form and transmits it to navigation devices, another device showing the speed taken from the lag, the device taking data from the gyrocompass, a plotter that records the movement of the vessel from using the GPS satellite system, the second picture shows a gyrocompass repeater showing the ship's course. In fact, the operation of these devices can be replaced by a conventional GPS-receiver, but for the safety of navigation, all devices are installed at the factory. Without them or with non-working ships at sea will not be released.

7. Autopilot, shows the angle of rotation and allows you to control the rotation of the rudders of the vessel. It can work in automatic mode, holding the ship at a given course. Modern devices even take into account drift from a side wind or wave.

8. Here the device hangs, automatically at certain intervals receiving through the satellite and printing a weather map.

9. On the bulkheads hang schemes of various ship life-support systems.

10. Fire alarm system and control of fire walls and extinguishing systems. Somewhere nearby there should be control panels for hydraulic doors of waterproof partitions.

Ships at sea diverge using a certain analog of traffic rules, the so-called MPPSS-72, i.e. international rules for the prevention of collisions at sea. Adopted in 1972 by the international convention and entered into force in 1977, they are binding on all persons operating the vessel. Recent changes were made to them in 2003.
In order to figure out which course the ships are following, a ship radar is used. Using it, you can determine the speed and direction of movement of objects at sea, even those that are not yet visible visually. Based on this, the watch officer decides whether to maneuver or change the speed of the vessel. If suddenly the radars are broken, to determine the courses used direction finder, clock and ruler.

11. That's how it looks on the m / v Georg Ots.

12. For safety, the second side is duplicated. It usually has its own separate antenna. In general, fleet duplication of systems is a common thing, as they say safety first.

13. Here are the control devices for various searchlights, ship horn, navigation lights, lighting, steering machines, etc. I don’t know for sure, I didn’t really consider it.

14. There are telegraphs for controlling the power plant, adjustable pitch propellers, bow and stern thrusters, as well as communication with the central control post.

15. On each wing control duplicated.

That's all for today ... if it was inaccurate where, do not exact, I’m not “horny,” as the navigators call it on the ship, tomorrow I’ll talk about the interior of the ship, and then about the engine room.

Service rooms on the ship - premises in which the crew constantly or temporarily performs work on the operation of the ship:

• Engine room;
• Service and utility premises (lamp, painting, skipper, carpentry and some others).

The service premises associated with the management of the vessel are located mainly on the deck of the navigation bridge.

Running bridge. The navigational and wheelhouse are located on it - the place of control of the vessel and watch keeping by the navigational staff. Modern ships usually have a closed bridge. Its open platforms on each side are called wings.

Fig. 1 Running bridge: a - half-closed; b - closed

The upper bridge is arranged on the roof of the navigation bridge. This highly located and completely open bridge provides good visibility over the entire horizon and is used when maneuvering in narrow bones, in ice, for navigational and astronomical observations.

Wheelhouse - a small enclosed area with a glazed front bulkhead.

In the wheelhouse installed:

• Helm stand;
• Track magnetic compass;
• Gyro compass repeaters;
• Machine telegraph and other necessary equipment.

Next to the helm is the navigational cabin, equipped with a large table for storing and unfolding maps, as well as several cabinets and shelves for storing navigation tools and manuals. On ships with a large closed bridge, the navigational and wheelhouses are often placed in the same room, separating the navigational cabin with a blind.

Quite often, the wheelhouse now has a glazed and rear bulkhead to provide surveillance of the stern.

A variation of the ship’s bridge is a bridge located above the upper deck for communication between superstructures or for transition from one side to another. Such bridges are installed on tankers due to the increased flooding of the deck and on fishing vessels, in which the upper deck is occupied by a large number of deck and fishing mechanisms.

The radio room, if possible, is placed on the deck of the navigating bridge, which ensures fast and reliable transmission of all received correspondence to the watch assistant.

Service and business premises. They are most often located in tank superstructures, which allows you to isolate them from other rooms.

Ship equipment items (cables, hooks, staples, blocks, etc.) are stored in the skipper pantry. In cases where the skipper is small, the upper part of the forepeak is used to store equipment, separated from the ballast tank by a waterproof platform.

The lantern and paint are intended for storing lanterns and paints, as well as paint tools and a small supply of fuel for ship lanterns. These premises are fire hazardous and therefore must have access to an open deck.

Metal bulkheads of office premises are made of refractory material. In addition, structurally, these rooms must always meet the highest fire safety requirements.

The arrangement and arrangement of office premises equipment should guarantee maximum service convenience and the possibility of using general ship systems (fire fighting, irrigation, and others.

The tiller compartment, in which the steering gear is located, also belongs to the service premises. It is located in the stern.

• Maritime Dictionary, M, Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1959
• Maritime Encyclopedic Dictionary, L-d, “Shipbuilding”, 1991, ISBN 5-7355-0280-8

We continue the excursion on the ship.
Nuuu, today is the most tempting .. the most attractive place.
Running bridge.
The bridge of the fifty-thousandth tanker.
On this tanker, the bridge is completely closed ... it was assumed that the vessel would operate in high latitudes. And this series, yes .. so it worked and continues to work in the winter. In particular, in the winter in Canada ... and there they know what ice and cold.
In addition, the series of these tankers was the first in the world to receive the "winterization" class ... but, frankly, this ship was not impressed with its winter qualities. European shipbuilders are much more competent in this regard.
Well, it's all the lyrics ...

Everything is glazed .. from side to side. Wings of the bridge and wheelhouse.

Port side wing.
On the wings of both sides of the control panels of the vessel.
That this is a column painted in gray .. I will not explain. Everyone guessed it already ...
Look, if you look closely ... you can see the handle of an ax, stuck under this column)

All the essentials. DAU pen, VHF radio ...

That's it, board) Sliding portholes.

There isn’t much space on the ship. How many rooms and storerooms you don’t do ... it still turns out that you will not put anything in anywhere.

All sorts of things are stored on the stern portholes.
For example .. signal flags.
And on the nightstand are emergency radio stations. Use only with abandon, that is, leaving the ship.

Well, these are beacons. Also for use in an emergency.

Compass.

And this is .. navigator.
Heavy, opaque curtains. At night, while the ship is moving ... the navigator is curtained by these curtains. At sea, at night the bridge is in complete darkness ... it’s easier to notice the lights of the oncoming ship. But in the navigator's light is on ... that's to avoid exposure and curtain .Light, of course, is not powerful..lamps ... but still.

And racks with all kinds of edifying and guiding ...

Again the chart table.

Computers and devices ...

This is the display of the echo sounder, lag (speedometer)) and an anachronism .. everything is nearby)

And here it is .. this is the ship’s magazine.

The table is made with drawers for cards (not playing cards) ... but that's it ... paper cards are a thing of the past. Cartography is now electronic.
Cards, of course, remained ... but they drag them slowly .. write off.

This device is now planning a flight.
The compass and parallel ruler are gone.

Also on the bridge .. in the same table are stored life jackets for watch, flares, emergency line thrower ...

And this is a communication unit.
Communication is everyday ... if I may say so, and emergency.

Of course ... hours. Timing on a ship is important.
Hell, the most important ship’s chronometer wasn’t photographed ...

Our office in Singapore, the personnel department in Nakhodka.

All kinds of certificates.

In the corner too .. communication equipment. And racks, racks, racks ...

Well, this is ... well, that ... quite in harmony with modern space equipment.
(There is a service at the maritime church. A preacher from the pulpit broadcasts
“And now, when you see that your boat lost its sail and rudder ... and the waves and wind carry you to the stones ... what? What should you do? .. That's right, drop to your knees and throw your hands up ...
-Anchor, bruise .. - Smoky hoarse voice from the last bench - Anchor, bruise, you have to drop it.)

So we got to the starboard side. Here you can .. sit on the couch and drink a tea-coffee maker in a local teahouse.
I knew one captain who lived on the bridge ... on such a couch.
He went to the cabin only in the shower .. and sometimes change his shirt.
The navigator was a little tense.

There are doors on the wings of the bridge .. you can go to the deck.
To the stern side.

Right ... same control console.

And these are the lighting units of the vessel and the control of navigation lights.
These are the fire alarm and fire extinguishing system control units.

Reference tables for controlling the ship.

Well, and ... the central management console.
Right wing .. power plant control.

The center is navigation.

Electronic navigation ... in action)

On flexible leads ... these are lamps. When they are turned on ... they are lit in red.

Throne of the captain) Sitting on this .. as it would .. is not recommended) Repressions are sometimes very strong ...
-On a watch they COME ... but do not sit or lie down !!! ... -I remember .. once one very honored captain shouted at the navigational officer, catching him on this chair. Now that navigator .. the captain himself and yells in the same way ... and adds:
- That's when I was third ...
And then I usually begin to laugh, and they kick me out of the bridge.

And this is ... sad present.
Camcorders and microphones. We also have an analogue of black boxes.

Rulilka. At sea .. autopilot.
On the manual when the passage of narrownesses (but not always .. entrance and exit from the port, mooring-unmooring)
All this, of course, is tied into one management complex.

On the frontal part, above the portholes, a dashboard ... a quick look at this panel, and immediately see the real course of the vessel, the position of the rudder pen, time ...

And this ... this is to say so ... periscope. Shows the data of the magnetic compass.
The magnetic compass itself is mounted on the navigation bridge.
Located above the steering column.

Again the table. The loop of Williamson. Maneuver in the case of "Man Overboard." As a result of such a maneuver, the ship lays on the opposite course and goes to the point where the man was lost.

At the beginning of the post ... signal flags were visible on the porthole. In fact, the flags are stored like this:

Radars by radars ... GPS ... GMDSS ... satellites and space ...
But the old and the good have not gone anywhere ..
Direction finder.

Binoculars

There is also a sextant. True, the last time I saw it was used ... already in 1991.

Barograph.

Chronometer. But it’s not so beautiful .. like in a box .. that’s in a non-ferrous metal case.

But this ...
Maybe someone noticed that the windshield wipers installed ... like a car.
Here is this stray .. helps with strong snow charges, when the wipers do not save ...
This disk rotates at high speed, and knocks everything that has stuck to it .. here through it and look forward.

I didn’t take a toilet. And he is)
There is a fountain of drinking water ... only they don’t use it. They try to drink bottled water.

Heated and air-illuminated portholes. Tubes for washing with water are also provided outside.
The wind puts sea water on the glass ... salt. Wash often.

In general, it’s convenient to lean on the windowsill with your elbows and your forehead into the window)
And this spot is visible .. from the forehead .. right away)

Bridge .. one of the few places where you can smoke.

View of the stern from the bridge.

That’s probably all. That’s the bridge ...

We wish the watch assistant a quiet watch ... and leave.
Will we go into the car?
Or how?