| PEEL | Beam of a ship's hull (4) |
| KEEL | Bottom main beam of a ship (running fore-and-aft) (4) |
| LEAK | Word essentially for a "deficiency, lack, shortage" of solid wood in part of a ship's hull causing a seafarer's dreaded drip, seep or trickle (4) |
| PORTHOLE | Circular opening or window in the side of a ship's hull, formerly for firing a cannon through (8) |
| DRYDOCK | What structure is drained for inspection and repair of a ship's hull? (3,4) |
| BILGE | Lowest internal portion of a ship's hull (5) |
| RIB | Part of a ship's hull |
| FIFTYDOLLARBILGE | Very inexpensive part of a ship's hull? |
| KNEE | Angled piece of wood supporting the beams of a ship (4) |
| SPAR | Wing beam of a plane |
| CHINE | From "pin, thorn", word for a beast's vertebral column; a cut/chop of this for cooking; otherwise, an angle in a ship's hull, a crest of land, a deep Dorset ravine, a mountain ridge, a projecting rim |
| HIVE | From "ship's hull" and "barrel, cave, tub", a woven skep or other bee-house in an apiary or bole; a colony of bees occupying said dome/box; or, by extension, a scene of great busyness; a teeming multi |
| CROSSBAR | A horizontal piece, such as a top tube of a bike, a top beam of a goal or a colourful pole of a showjump (8) |
| LEEK | Lily returns part of the ship's hull |
| DIMMERSWITCH | A device in a vehicle which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam (6,6) |
| LIMPET | ___ mine, type of explosive device magnetically attached to a ship's hull (6) |
| PLIMSOLL | What series of lines on a ship's hull shows safe loading levels? (8) |
| ALVEUS | A hollow, or something hollowed out, like a ship's hull |
| PLIMSOLLLINE | What reference mark on a ship's hull indicates the maximum depth to which the vessel may be safely immersed when loaded? (8,4) |
| STRAKES | Planks forming a ship's hull |
