🔍 Key Concepts

• Basic hull terminology: length, breadth (beam), depth, draft • Difference between width and depth measurements on a ship • Where surveyors and naval architects measure main dimensions on a vessel

💭 Think About

• Which of these choices describes a side‑to‑side measurement, and which describe vertical or volume measurements? • When you look at a vessel from above on a plan view, which main dimension goes across the ship? • Which options refer to measurements used for cargo capacity or vertical structure rather than overall size across the waterline?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is clearly a side-to-side (athwartships) dimension • Eliminate any answers that describe vertical measurements (keel to deck or deck to deck) • Eliminate any answer that refers to volume or capacity rather than a single linear dimension