UNIT TWO

1 MATERIAL PREPARADO Y COMPILADO POR MARIA VERONICA VALDIVIA/ IMO TEACHER UNIT THREE: THE SHIP MATCH EACH OF THE WORDS IN COLUMN I WITH ITS DEFINITION GIVEN IN COLUMN II. I II 1. Ship a) a small open craft propelled by oars, sails or some forms of engine 2.... More

1 MATERIAL PREPARADO Y COMPILADO POR MARIA VERONICA VALDIVIA/ IMO TEACHER UNIT THREE: THE SHIP MATCH EACH OF THE WORDS IN COLUMN I WITH ITS DEFINITION GIVEN IN COLUMN II. I II 1. Ship a) a small open craft propelled by oars, sails or some forms of engine 2. Vessel b) mostly small vessels nowadays more sophisticated from structural or propulsion points of view 3. Craft c) general word for all craft capable of floating on water and larger than rowboat 4. Boat d) a sea-going engineering structure to perform different duties I) SEA MEASURES a. INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE. This is a standard fixed length of 1852 meters. b. BRITISH STANDARD NAUTICAL MILE. This is now an obsolete unit. It was a standard fixed length of 6080 feet which equaled 1853.18 meters. c. STATUTE MILE. A unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, 869 nautical miles, 1760 yards or 1,609 kilometers. d. SEA MILE. A sea mile is the distance equivalent to one minute of arc measured along the m Less