What's the difference between forecastle and gunroom?
Forecastle
Definition:
(n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.
(n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.
(n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
Example Sentences:
(1) Able Seaman Kurt Jackson keeps watch on the forecastle of the Australian Navy ship, the HMAS Success, in a search area for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.
Gunroom
Definition:
(n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.