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slipway

ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water
Class type of: built structure, launch site, port infrastructure Q361945

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
built structure, launch site, port infrastructure, way
Part of
glossary of nautical terms[5]
Has use
water sport, Slippen (Schifffahrt)[6][7]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Green Map Icons[10][11][12]
Different from
slipway[13]
OpenStreetMap tag
leisure=slipway, seamark:small_craft_facility:category=slipway[8][9]
P14692
Emperor Huan of Han, Congolese franc[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en boat launch en boat launching ramp en way en slipway en slip en skid en ship ramp en launch ar منزلق da Slæbested de slipway de Slipanlage el νεωλκείο el γλίστρα el νεωλκός el νεώλκιο es grada fi veneenlaskupaikka fr Pente douce fr cale
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Library of Congress authority ID
sh92004662
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
2010 08 17 Rickmers werft 2 DSCI0919 k (2).jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism entry ID
5386
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300006433, 300007934
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/launch
Freebase ID
/m/03wpcl
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
grada
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0186499
Iconclass notation
47L11
KBpedia ID
BoatRamp
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
171312461
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007532193105171
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
911
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtk9b080vzpmrdm6801kdm
UNSPSC code
25111910
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04572325-n
YSO ID
37914
Yale LUX ID
concept/0aa5a376-e0e8-42d8-828a-8f6025a4c23d

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Has use 1
water sport
Part of 1
glossary of nautical terms
Subclass of 1
built structure
Subtypes 1
building slip
← Has facility 1
Bonnechere Provincial Park
← Significant event 1
USS Nevada
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Summary

slipway is a type of architectural structure[1], launch site[2], port infrastructure[3], and way[4].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Emperor Huan of Han, Congolese franc
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → built structure, launch site, port infrastructure +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: way"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → slipway
    Subclass of → built structure, launch site, port infrastructure +1
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ YSO ID: 37914, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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