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- kedge anchor
- small anchor for kedging purpose
- kedging
- using a small anchor to move a vessel from point to point or off a bank by first laying out the anchor and then heaving to it
- keel
- a line of plates running along the centreline of a ships bottom forming the backbone of the ship frame; usually thicker than other plates beside it
- keel block
- adjustable block which the centreline ships bottom rests on when in dock; many blocks are required to spread the weight of the ship evenly to prevent damage to ships bottom plating; position of keel blocks is recorded so that in the next docking keel plates not maintained in one docking can be taken care of
- keel rider
- a plate fitted on top of the vertical keel plate in a single-bottom ship
- keelson
- the longitudinal girder which crosses the transverse floor plates and strengthens the ships bottom
- Kelvin
- unit of temperature which has the same scale as Celsius degree; zero Kelvin also known as absolute zero is equivalent to -273oC
- ketch
- a sailing boat with fore and aft rig on each of two masts
- king post
- a strong post for derrick; also known as samson post
- knee
- triangular steel plate or bracket for interlocking two structural members perpendicular to one another
- knot
- a unit of speed; one knot is equivalent to one nautical mile per hour
- knuckle
- the sharp change in the direction of plating or other structural member of a ship
- kort nozzle
- a circular ring-like nozzle fitted around a propeller to increase thrust at low speed
