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Marine marchande - cours

The Merchant Navy - La Marine marchande

A ship in a storm


A sailing vessel, ship	Un bateau à voiles
A mast	Un mât
A yard	Une vergue
The sails	Les voiles
The rigging	Le gréement
A coil of rope	Un rouleau de cordage
A three master	Un trois-mâts
Under full canvas	Toutes voiles dehors
The wake	Le sillage
To tack about	Tirer des bordées
To drift	Dériver

A shipyard	Un chantier naval
To launch	Lancer
To fit out	Équiper
To man	Armer
The home port	Le port d'attache
To be moored	Etre amarré
The quay - The wharf	Le quai
The docks	Les bassins
The harbour	Le port
A pier - a jetty	Un môle - une jetée
A lighthouse	Un phare
A tug	Un remorqueur
To tow - to tug	Remorquer
A channel	Un chenal
A buoy	Une bouée
To sail	Naviguer à la voile
To be bound for	Faire route vers
To head to open sea	Gagner le large
To call at / To put in at	Faire escale à

A canal	Un canal
A barge	Une péniche
The tow-path	Le chemin de halage
A lock	Une écluse
A sluice	Une vanne
A ferry	Un bac
A ferryman	Un passeur
The casualties	Les victimes (pertes)
To collide with	Aborder
To spring a leak	Faire une voie d'eau
A lifejacket	Un gilet de sauvetage
A lifeboat	Un canot de sauvetage
A raft	Un radeau
To be wrecked	Faire naufrage
A shipwreck	Un naufrage
A wreck	Une épave
To sink	Couler, sombrer
Disabled	Désemparé
To run aground, ashore	S'échouer
To be washed overboard	Etre enlevé par une vague
To be drowned	Se noyer
To capsize	Chavirer
To be adrift	Etre à la dérive
To lower the boats	Mettre les embarcations à la mer
To be sea sick	Avoir le mal de mer
A distress signal	Un signal de détresse

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Sailing vessels are becoming fewer and fewer. They have and yards which support the sails, the whole being worked by means of the rigging. The number of coils of rope on the deck must be confusing! A flying under full canvas, leaving a long wake behind her, used to be such a grand sight! On the other hand, when the winds were contrary, she had to tack about and when there was no wind at all she might drift dangerously. Ships are built in shipyards. The launching of a ship is always a great affair. After being launched, ships must be fitted out, then manned. A ship has a home port. It is moored alongside the quay (or wharf) or in the . The harbour is protected by a pier or jetty, at the end of which rises the . A tug tows the ship out of the docks. The channel is marked by buoys, The ship sails out of the harbour, bound for some overseas destination. It soon stands to sea and sails away. Inland navigation still plays an important part in the traffic of goods. Formerly barges used to be towed along rivers and by horses following the tow-path. They are now mostly self-propelled. Locks, with opening and closing sluices, are used to raise or lower from one level to another. When no bridge can be built over a river, a ferry(-boat) will convey the passengers across. The man in charge of it is the ferryman. Accidents are not uncommon at sea, and casualties are often heavy. A ship may with another ship and spring a leak. Then the sailors put on their and hurry to the lifeboats and rafts. They must get away before the ship is wrecked. The greatest in history was the one of the Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage. If a ship is disabled it may run aground. What is left of her is called a wreck. During a storm a sailor may be washed overboard and be .

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Voir aussi La Marine Marchande(1): test

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