page_title: Cabin (ship)
section_title: Sailing ships
hierarchical_section_title: Cabin (ship) / Sailing ships
caption_attribution_description: Grand Turk, a replica of a three-masted 6th rate frigate from Nelson's days - captain's cabin
context_page_description: A cabin or berthing is an enclosed space generally on a ship or an aircraft. A cabin which protrudes above the level of a ship's deck may be referred to as a deckhouse.
context_section_description: In sailing ships, the officers and paying passengers would have an individual or shared cabin.  The captain or commanding officer  would occupy the "great cabin" that normally spanned the width of the stern and had large windows. 
  On a warship, it was a privileged area, separate from the rest of the ship, for the exclusive use of the captain. In large warships, the cabin was subdivided into day and night cabins (bedrooms) by movable panels, called bulk-heads, that could be removed in time of battle to leave the cabin clear for the gunners to use the stern chasers several of which were usually stationed in the cabin.
  On large three decker warships in the age of sail the captain's cabin was sometimes appropriated by the Admiral. The captain would be consigned to the cabin below on the middle gun-deck.
caption: Great cabin on the Grand Turk, a replica of a three-masted English 18th century-frigate.
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