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Excerpt from The Theory and Design of British Shipbuilding Dimensions. The measurements of ships are given in terms of Length, Breadth and Depth. While they are so often used by shipping people in stating the dimensions of a vessel, yet, owing to each of these terms being themselves measured in various ways, confusion is often caused and they are not always understood. It will, therefore, be advisable in this first chapter to explain the various points to which they are taken. Length. The length most commonly used is length between perpendiculars (sometimes called builders' length). It is generally denoted by B.P., and is measured from the fore side of the stem to the after side of the stem post at the intersection of the fine of the upper deck beams. (See Fig. 1). The measurement of length for the purpose of determining scantlings is also measured in this manner according to the Rules of Lloyd's Register, except in the case of a cruiser stem where length of vessel is to be taken as 96 per cent, of the extreme length from fore part of stem in range of upper deck beams to the aftermost part of the cruiser stem, but it is not to be less than the length from forepart of the stem to after side of stem post, where fitted, or to the fore side of rudder stock, where a stem post is not fitted. British Corporation measure the length from the fore side of the stem to the aft side of the stem post, taken on the estimated summer load-line, where there is no rudder post, the length is to be measured to the centre of the rudder stock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.