Plimsoll line and draft (draught) marks and on the side of a ship indicating how deep the ship is in the water.
The vertical line of numbers indicates the depth (in metres and point of a metre) at which the ship is lying in the water and the markings to the left of those numbers is the Plimsoll or loadline. This indicated the safe depth a ship may be loaded to with variations for different water densities.
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