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Naval Architecture Phase 1
416 questions across 36 papers, 2018 to 2026.
Naval Architecture Phase 1, known to candidates as Naval Arch Ph 1, appears in 36 Chief Mate papers between 2018 and 2026, and the 416 questions collected here centre on naval architecture, marine stability and stability. 77% of them have been asked more than once, so the fastest preparation is the questions that keep returning rather than the syllabus end to end.
416
Questions
36
Papers
77%
Repeat
13×
Most asked
What comes up most
- Naval architecture86%
- Marine stability83%
- Stability14%
- Solas14%
- Ship construction17%
- Cathodic protection11%
- Displacement11%
Share of the 36 papers each topic appears in. No single topic runs away with this paper — the seven commonest each turn up in 11–86% of sittings, so preparation has to stay broad.
Most repeated Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 questions
Asked 13×
A vessel floating at drafts: forward 8.7m, Aft 9.4m, grounds at a point 30m aft of forward perpendicular. Find the drafts of the vessel and the GM after tide has fallen by 70cm, if MCTC is 340tm, TPC 28, KG 7.6m, KM 8.4m, Length 162m, LCF 78m forward of AP, Displacement 29000t.
Asked 8×
a) Describe the various defects in welding, their causes and remedies. b) Write short notes on: i) Submerged Arc welding ii) T.I.G. welding.
Asked 7×
Q.5 With reference to the International Code for the Carriage of Grain in bulk explain: a) Intact stability criteria as applicable to ships carrying grain in bulk. b) Volumetric heeling moment and its effect on stability.
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 past papers
Latest: April 2026
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2026
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2026
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2025
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2025
23 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2025
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2025
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2024
14 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2024
14 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2024
13 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2024
14 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2023
14 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2023
18 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2023
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2023
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — November 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — September 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — August 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — June 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — May 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — March 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2022
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — November 2021
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — September 2021
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2021
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — March 2021
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — December 2020
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2020
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2020
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2019
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2019
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2019
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — January 2019
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — October 2018
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — July 2018
9 questions
Chief Mate Naval Arch Ph 1 — April 2018
9 questions
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