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<p>In <a href="Naval_architecture" title="Naval architecture">naval architecture</a>, a <b>poop deck</b> is a <a href="Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">deck</a> that forms the <a href="Roof" title="Roof">roof</a> of a cabin built in the rear, or "<a href="Aft" class="mw-redirect" title="Aft">aft</a>", part of the <a href="Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a> of a <a href="Ship" title="Ship">ship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The name originates from the <a href="French_language" title="French language">French</a> word for <a href="Stern" title="Stern">stern</a>, <i lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poupe#French" class="extiw external" title="wikt:poupe">poupe</a></i>, from <a href="Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puppis#Latin" class="extiw external" title="wikt:puppis">puppis</a></i>. Thus the poop deck is technically a <b>stern deck</b>, which in <a href="Sailing_ship" title="Sailing ship">sailing ships</a> was usually elevated as the roof of the stern or "after" cabin, also known as the "poop cabin" (or simply <b>the poop</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIMD1961_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIMD1961-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On sailing ships, the <a href="Helmsman" title="Helmsman">helmsman</a> would steer the craft from the <a href="Quarterdeck" title="Quarterdeck">quarterdeck</a>, immediately in front of the poop deck. At the stern, the poop deck provides an elevated position ideal for <a href="Observation" title="Observation">observation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the main purpose of the poop is adding <a href="Buoyancy" title="Buoyancy">buoyancy</a> to the aft, on a sailing ship the cabin was also used as an accommodation for the <a href="Shipmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Shipmaster">shipmaster</a> and officers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIMD1961_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIMD1961-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On modern, motorized <a href="Warship" title="Warship">warships</a>, the ship functions which were once carried out on the poop deck have been moved to the <a href="Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridge</a>, usually located in a superstructure.

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<ul><li><a href="Common_names_for_decks" class="mw-redirect" title="Common names for decks">Common names for decks</a></li>

<li><a href="Taffrail" title="Taffrail">Taffrail</a>, the handrail around the poop deck</li>

<li><a href="Quarter_gallery" title="Quarter gallery">Quarter gallery</a>, a projecting area at the stern</li>

<li><a href="Puppis" title="Puppis">Puppis</a>, a constellation</li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFKeegan1989" class="citation book cs1"><a href="John_Keegan" title="John Keegan">Keegan, John</a> (1989). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/279"><i>The Price of Admiralty</i></a></span>. New York: Viking. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/priceofadmiralty00keeg/page/279">279</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-670-81416-4</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200806090051/http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=541">"Poop Deck"</a>. <i>HMS Victory</i>. <a href="Portsmouth_Historic_Dockyard" title="Portsmouth Historic Dockyard">Portsmouth Historic Dockyard</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=541">the original</a> on 6 August 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 April</span> 2013</span>. <q>Located at the stern, this short deck takes its name from the Latin word puppis – which means after deck or rear. Guns were rarely carried on this deck. It was mainly used as a viewpoint and signalling platform. The poop deck also gave protection to the men at the wheel and provided a roof for the captain's cabin. The ropes controlling the yards (spars) and sails of the main and mizzen masts were operated from the poop deck.</q></cite></span>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFIMD1961" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Kerchove, René de baron (1961). <i>International Maritime Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Useful Maritime Terms and Phrases, Together with Equivalents in French and German</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. p. 598. <a href="OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/9324405">9324405</a>.</cite></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Anchor_windlass" title="Anchor windlass">Anchor windlass</a></li>

<li><a href="Apparent_wind_indicator" title="Apparent wind indicator">Apparent wind indicator</a></li>

<li><a href="Beakhead" title="Beakhead">Beakhead</a></li>

<li><a href="Bilge" title="Bilge">Bilge</a></li>

<li><a href="Bilgeboard" title="Bilgeboard">Bilgeboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Bitts" title="Bitts">Bitts</a></li>

<li><a href="Bollard_(mooring)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollard (mooring)">Bollard</a></li>

<li><a href="Boom_brake" title="Boom brake">Boom brake</a></li>

<li><a href="Bowsprit" title="Bowsprit">Bowsprit</a></li>

<li><a href="Nautical_cable" title="Nautical cable"> Cable</a></li>

<li><a href="Capstan_(nautical)" title="Capstan (nautical)">Capstan</a></li>

<li><a href="Cathead" title="Cathead">Cathead</a></li>

<li><a href="Carpenter's_walk" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpenter's walk">Carpenter's walk</a></li>

<li><a href="Centreboard" title="Centreboard">Centreboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Chains_(nautical)" title="Chains (nautical)">Chains</a></li>

<li><a href="Cockpit_(sailing)" title="Cockpit (sailing)">Cockpit</a></li>

<li><a href="Companionway" title="Companionway">Companionway</a></li>

<li><a href="Daggerboard" title="Daggerboard">Daggerboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Figurehead_(object)" title="Figurehead (object)">Figurehead</a></li>

<li><a href="Floor_timber" title="Floor timber">Floor timber</a></li>

<li><a href="Forecastle" title="Forecastle">Forecastle</a></li>

<li><a href="Frame_(nautical)" title="Frame (nautical)">Frame</a></li>

<li><a href="Gangway_(nautical)" title="Gangway (nautical)">Gangway</a></li>

<li><a href="Gunwale" title="Gunwale">Gunwale</a></li>

<li><a href="Jackline" title="Jackline">Jackline</a></li>

<li><a href="Jibboom" title="Jibboom">Jibboom</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Canting_keel" title="Canting keel">Canting</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Keelson" title="Keelson">Kelson</a></li>

<li><a href="Leeboard" title="Leeboard">Leeboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Orlop_deck" title="Orlop deck">Orlop deck</a></li>

<li><a href="Outrigger" title="Outrigger">Outrigger</a></li>

<li><a href="Porthole" title="Porthole">Porthole</a></li>

<li><a href="Quarter_gallery" title="Quarter gallery">Quarter gallery</a></li>

<li><a href="Quarterdeck" title="Quarterdeck">Quarterdeck</a></li>

<li><a href="Rudder" title="Rudder">Rudder</a></li>

<li><a href="Ship's_wheel" title="Ship's wheel">Ship's wheel</a></li>

<li><a href="Port_and_starboard" title="Port and starboard">Starboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Stern" title="Stern">Stern or poop</a></li>

<li><a href="Sternpost" title="Sternpost">Sternpost</a></li>

<li><a href="Strake" title="Strake">Strake</a></li>

<li><a href="Taffrail" title="Taffrail">Taffrail</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiller" title="Tiller">Tiller</a></li>

<li><a href="Transom_(nautical)" title="Transom (nautical)">Transom</a></li>

<li><a href="Whipstaff" title="Whipstaff">Whipstaff</a></li>

<li><a href="Winch" title="Winch">Winch</a></li></ul>

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