plimsoll-marke

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Plimsoll line
properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry
a line painted on the outside of a ship, showing how low in the water it can safely be when it is loaded (Samuel Plimsoll (1824-98), British politician)