page_title: Forecastle
hierarchical_section_title: Forecastle
caption_attribution_description: Mauritius. Fragment from Het uitzeilen van een aantal Oost-Indiëvaarders
context_page_description: The forecastle is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.
context_section_description: The forecastle (/ˈfoʊksəl/ (listen) FOHK-səl; abbreviated fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase "before the mast" which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.
caption: Dutch galleon, off Mauritius, showing both a forecastle (left) and aftcastle (right).
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