DICTIONARY OF

Lloyd's Signal Stations 205 Loft Template Method
Lloyd's Signal Stations. Established and maintained all over the world for transmitting and
receiving maritime information in one universal code.
Load. To put cargo into a vessel. 2. 'Load' of timber is a measurement of 50 cu. ft. of
undressed wood, 40 cu. ft. of dressed wood.
Load Draught. Vertical distance from lowest part of keel to load water line.
Loading Port Survey. Inspection of a ship, particularly one loading refrigerated cargo of
meat, before loading.
Load Lines. Marks cut into ship's side plating and painted. They indicate maximum
draughts to which vessel may be loaded in specified circumstances.
Load Star. Star used as a guide when steering. 2. Pole Star.
Load Stone. Magnetic oxide of iron, which is a natural magnet.
Load Waterline. Former name for 'Load Line'.
Loblolly Boy.* Former name for an assistant to ship's surgeon. His duties included mixing
ointments and medicines.
Lobscouse. Nautical stew made with preserved meat and vegetables.
Local Attraction. Former name for deviation of compass. Now confined to deviation due to
magnetic attraction outside ship.
Local Load Line. Load line assigned to a vessel not trading outside the country of the
assigning authority.
Local Load Line Ships. Those vessels to which a Local Load Line Certificate can be given.
Must be less than 150 tons gross if carrying goods or passengers.
Local Marine Boards. Bodies introduced in British ports to ensure the fulfilment of
requirements of Merchant Shipping Act, 1895. Were responsible for Mercantile Marine
Officers' Examinations for certificates of competency, etc. Most of their functions have been
taken over by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Local Time. Time kept in a particular port or country.
Lock. Artificial enclosure of water in which a vessel can be floated from one level to
another.
Locker. Chest, box, cupboard or compartment in which gear may be stowed. Can usually be
locked, but chain locker is one exception.
Lock Gates. Pair of massive hinged doors at each end of a lock. Locking Bars. Iron strips
lying athwart a covered hatch. Can be padlocked to coamings when required.
Locking Pintle. One of pintles of a hinged rudder. Has a collar on protruding lower end, to
prevent accidental unshipment of rudder.
Lode Star. 'Load Star.'
Lode Stone. 'Load Stone.'
Lodging Knee. Knee fastened in horizontal plane with its head, or platform, secured to side
of beam.
Loft Template Method. System of shipbuilding in which certain parts of shell plating are
marked off and punched from data obtained from scrieve board body plan.