The maritime industry has its own language when it comes to naming parts of a ship. The forward of a ship is just as it sounds: It's the most forward side, at the front of a cruise ship, facing the bow. The rear of a ship, at the direction of a ship's stern, is called the aft.

What is the fore of a ship?

Hydrostatic forces

A ship floating at rest in calm water is acted upon by two forces, weight and buoyancy. Weight is the downward force on the ship. The total weight force (W) acts on the ship as if it were concentrated at the balancing point or the centre of gravity (G).

What is difference between aft and fore?

As nouns the difference between fore and aft

is that fore is the front; the foreward part of something; the foreground while aft is (nautical) the stern portion of a vessel.