The stern of the ship is aft, mister!
The rear of the ship is called the "stern". The front is called the "bow". The rear direction in a ship is "aft". (head "aft" to get to the "stern").
The rear of a ship is called the stern aft To go to the rear is called going aft. The aft most part is the stern The rear of a ship or boat is called the "Aft" or the "aft end". Examples: "Take that line aft!". "When we turn, are you sure the aft end will clear that bouy?" Also nautically, "avast"The stern is the aft part of a ship or boat.
The stern is the rear or aft part of a ship or boat.
The aft or stern
The opposite of stern is bow. The stern is in the aft, the bow fore.
Astern. Aft - towards the stern. Abaft - aft of a given point (e.g. abaft the mainmast).
After end (aft). The after end (aft) of a boat is the stern, the rear end of the boat. Ship's 'behind' if you will.
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it houses stern tube,give strength to aft portion,give profile to aft deep tank,support stringing member
Astern. It can be called the stern or fantail.
The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night.