Talk:Quarterdeck

Page conversion

I've turned this page from a disambiguation page to a main page on Quarterdeck in the naval sense. It previously led to two places: a generic article on decks of ships, and an article on a computer company that is no longer in business. It really didn't disambiguate much. Lou Sander (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lou or whoever mainly wrote it, thanks for the great article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.148.147.222 (talk) 21:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the term

Some mention should be made of the original meaning of the term "quarterdeck". If it started out as the portion of the deck abaft the centrally located main mast, why is it called a "quarter" deck. One would think that this area would comprise close to "half" the deck.

Also, is the quarterdeck raised or level with the rest of the deck? ~ Alcmaeonid (talk) 14:41, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On sailing warships it was a separate "deck", above the main gun deck. It really wasn't considered a full deck as it didn't run the length of the ship. LRT24 (talk) 20:08, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Modern Use

I'm not sure how many Navies use the term Quarterdeck to describe what is mentioned in this article. In the Australian Navy the area around the brow is simply referred to as the Gangway. On board a ship the Quarterdeck is a physical area on the ship. It is the area underneath the flight deck, usually an open compartment. Higdawg 00:30, 14 October 2011 (WST)

I don't doubt you, but there isn't any strong reference to this in the article. The two photos don't seem to be very reliable sources. The one cited reference merely uses the term "quarter-deck" while discussing something very different. Lou Sander (talk) 23:07, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]