stern door

This would have provided extra protection for the sliding stern doors.

The stern door will be narrower than the one fitted to the Cotentin.

A stern door allowed for the embarking and disembarking of vehicles.

Huge waves damaged the low stern doors, allowing water to enter the car deck.

The refit also created an outside deck space and modified the vessel's stern door.

Vehicles are loaded via two of the four stern doors and park in a "U" configuration.

Stern door constructed of aluminum alloy to reduce weight.

He left by the stern door.

The heavy military ramp was replaced with a new stern door and the helideck was removed.

In 1973 Clansman had bow and stern doors fitted, allowing full ro-ro operation.

The ferry's stern doors had been ripped open by a storm, and water had flooded the car deck.

In a report of 30,000 pages the enquiry found that: firstly, the stern doors were not sufficiently robust.

Opening a stern door and flooding special compartments opened this area to the sea so LCI-sized vessels could enter or leave.

Thereafter, cars and trucks were loaded through the stern door, or through a door cut into the starboard (right) side of the vessel just behind the bow.

The first drive-through MacBrayne ferry with both bow and stern doors, she carried around 50 cars, or 4-5 articulated lorries and fewer cars.

Her bow and stern doors were claimed to not be high enough to accommodate semi-trailer trucks despite this not being a problem in Manx or Spanish service.

On 28 January 2009, a lorry (carrying ferrous sulphate powder) burst through the stern doors of the Stena Voyager shortly after departure.

Only one passenger ferry, the Winston Churchill, operating out of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was ordered to stop operating until repairs to its stern doors were completed.

Like the original Sunward of 1966, NCL's second ship, the Starward had the capability to carry automobiles through a well concealed stern door.

The ships have both bow and stern doors for loading and unloading vehicles, and the 630 m2 of vehicle deck stretches the length of the hull.

The ships had both bow and stern doors leading onto the main vehicle deck, making them roll-on/roll-off, combined with ramps that led to upper and lower vehicle decks.

In 1928 she was sold to Townsend Bros and converted into a car ferry between Dover and Calais, fitted with a stern door which folded down onto the quay.

Loch Ryan is a sheltered inlet and the immediate force of the wind and sea was not apparent, but it was noted that spray was breaking over the stern doors.

With the elimination of the car deck the stern doors were sealed, a bulbous bow replaced the original icebreaker bow, and sponsons were fitted aft to increase stability.

The prototype was built with aluminum alloy with both the bow and stern door/ramp, and was able to carry up to 15 tons of cargo or a company of soldiers.