Cruise Ship Diagram Not Labeled – Blank Sheet With Key

All 14 parts on the diagram

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Start here: 6 main parts 6

Hull The watertight body that floats the ship. It runs from the main deck down to the keel along the bottom.
Bow The front end of the hull, where the anchor is stowed.
Stern The back end of the hull, above the propeller and rudder.
Superstructure Everything built above the hull’s main deck. On a cruise ship it holds most of the cabins, many with their own balconies.
Bridge The command center where the ship is steered. It is high up at the front with a view ahead.
Funnel Carries the engines’ exhaust up and away from the decks. A chimney, also called the stack.

Other 8

Lifeboats Small boats kept on board. They take passengers and crew to safety if the ship has to be abandoned.
Lido deck The open deck with the main outdoor pool and sunbathing area. Usually at or near the stern.
Promenade deck An open deck that runs round the foot of the superstructure. Passengers can stroll or relax there.
Anchor Grips the seabed and holds the ship in place. It is dropped on its chain and stows in a pocket in the bow.
Bulbous bow A rounded bulb sticking out at the bow just below the waterline. It changes how water flows round the hull, cutting drag.
Bow thruster A small propeller in a tunnel through the bow, side to side. It pushes the bow sideways to turn the ship at slow speed in port.
Propeller Turned by the engines to push the ship through the water. Large ships may have up to four.
Rudder The blade behind the propeller that turns to steer the ship.

How this list was compiled: Read 2026-09-28. (1) Wikipedia, Ship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship : its numbered main-parts figure (funnel, stern, propeller and rudder, anchor, bulbous bow, bow, deck, superstructure); lifeboats as safety equipment; large vessels with up to four propellers and transverse (bow) thrusters for maneuvering in port; azimuth thrusters as propulsion that also steers; port and starboard. (2) Wikipedia, Glossary of nautical terms (A–L and M–Z): bow, stern, hull, bridge (houses the command center), stack (another name for a funnel), lifeboat, promenade deck (open-air upper deck of a passenger ship), superstructure (the parts above the main deck), waterline, anchor, propeller, rudder, bulbous bow (below the waterline, reduces drag), bow thruster (a small propeller or water-jet at the bow for maneuvering at slow speed, often in a tunnel side to side). (3) Wikipedia, Deck (ship), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_(ship) : lido deck (open area at or near a passenger ship's stern with the main outdoor pool and sunbathing area); promenade deck (wraps round the superstructure). (4) Wikipedia, Lido (swimming pool): on a cruise ship the lido deck has the outdoor pools. (5) Wikipedia, Cruise ship: cabins with private balconies. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site by script, 2026-09-28. Own work, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

This cruise ship diagram is not labeled. A line leads out from a dot on each of fourteen parts, seven above the ship and seven below. The ship faces right, and the water is a clear box, so the bottom of the hull shows.

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Word bank for the fourteen lines

Alphabetical, so the list does not follow the lines: anchor, bow, bow thruster, bridge, bulbous bow, funnel, hull, lido deck, lifeboats, promenade deck, propeller, rudder, stern, superstructure.

Lines that get swapped

Two dots sit close together at the front: the one whose line goes up is the bow, and the one whose line drops through the hull is the anchor. The bulbous bow is only the rounded nose down in the water. The round black opening near it is the bow thruster; the propeller is at the back, with the rudder's blade behind it. The lido deck is the small terrace with a pool, the promenade deck the long band of railings. One line stands for all six lifeboats.

Also right on a pupil's sheet: stack or smokestack for the funnel, wheelhouse for the bridge, screw for the propeller.
Six names make a first sheet: bow, stern, hull, funnel, bridge and superstructure.

Questions and answers

What is the waterline on a ship?

The level the water reaches on the hull when the ship floats. On this sheet it is the straight line across the lower hull, and four parts lie under it: the rudder, the propeller, the bow thruster and the bulbous bow.

Where is the keel on a ship?

Along the lowest part of the hull, from one end of the ship to the other. It is the hull's central lengthwise structural member. On this sheet it is the bottom edge of the hull, and no line points to it.

What is the hole for the anchor chain called?

The hawsepipe, also called the hawsehole or hawse: the hole in the side of the bow that the anchor chain passes through. On this sheet it is the black disc just above the anchor, with no line of its own.

What are the cranes that lower lifeboats called?

Davits. A davit is a crane, usually steel and often one of a pair, that lowers a lifeboat or another load down the ship's side. The six lifeboats here are drawn without their davits.