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HELM

HELM

Created OnFebruary 7, 2018
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The whole of the machinery astern, which serves to steer or guide the ship, as the rudder, the tiller, the wheel.

Related:

  • King spoke
  • Rudder
  • Dreadage or Dreading Clause
  • Bearing Pintle
  • Keel
  • DOP (Dropping Outward Pilot)

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