Stern of the Grand Turk with poop deck above

Poop deck of the Soleil-Royal, as seen from the forecastle

In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that constitutes the roof of a cabin built in the aft (rear) part of the superstructure of a ship. The Grand Turk is a replica of a three-masted Sixth-rate Frigate, well known for depicting HMS ''Indefatigable'' in the TV series Battle of Bévezier Soleil Royal was recommissioned with 112 guns and 1200 men when the War of the Grand Alliance broke out Forecastle, also spelled fo'c's'le (ˈfoʊksəl originally meant the upper deck of a Sailing ship, forward of the Foremast. Naval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design construction and repair of marine vehicles A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a Ship. Vietnam roofjpg|thumb|The roofs of Vietnam.]] A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a Building. For the acronym see AFT. Aft, in naval Terminology, is an Adjective or Adverb meaning 'towards A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size The fantail is an overhang at the extreme rear of the ship, aft of the poop deck and closer to level with the main deck. ^[1][2] The name originates from the French word (la poupe)^[3] for stern. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The stern is the rear or aft part of a Ship or Boat, technically defined as the area built up over the Sternpost, extending upwards from the Counter This makes the poop deck technically called a stern deck, which in sailing ships was usually elevated as the roof of the stern (or 'after') cabin. In sailing ships, with the helmsman at the stern, an elevated position was ideal for both navigation and observation of the crew and sails. A helmsman is a person who steers a Ship, sailboat submarine or other type of maritime vessel Navigation is the process of reading and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another

The picture shows the stern of the ship. The deck out of view above the after cabin is the poop deck. On modern, motorized warships, the ship functions which were once carried out on the poop deck are moved to the superstructure in the center of the ship (or the island on the starboard side, in the case of aircraft carriers). An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with

In nautical parlance, "to be pooped" means to have a wave come over the stern from abaft. Abaft is a nautical expression indicating a point that is behind a given part of a Boat or Ship.

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