- under-shore, to
- under-skinker
- under the lee
- under the sea
- under the wind
- under-tow
- under way
- underwriters
- unicorn
- sea-unicorn
- unicorn-fish
- uniform
- union
- union down
- union-jack
- unlimber, to
- unlivery
- unmanageable
- unmoored
- unreeving
- unrig, to
- unroomaged
- unrove his life-line
- unserviceable ticket
- unship, to
- unwholesome ship
- up along
- up anchor
- up and down
- up-and-down tackle
- up boats!
- up courses!
- uphand-sledge
- uphroe
- upmaking
- upper counter
- upper deck
- upper finishing
- upper masts
- upper strake
- top-rider futtocks
- upper or top-rider futtocks
- upper transit
- upper-works
- up screw!
- up with the helm
- uranography
- uranoscopus
- uranus
- urca
- ursa major
- ursa minor
- usages
- ushant team
- utlaghe
- uvrou
- vacuum
- vadmel
- vail, to
- vakka
- vale
- valuation
- valued policy
- valves
- vambrace
- van
- vane
- vanes
- vane-spindle
- vanfosse
- vang
- vangee
- vapour
- variables
- variable stars
- variation
- variation chart
- variation of the moon
- variation of the variation
- vedette
- veer, to
- veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
- veer and haul, to
- veer away the cable, to
- veering cable, the
- vega
- vein
- velocity
- velocity of current
- velocity of tide or current
- vendaval
- vendue master
- vene-seandes
- vent
- vent-bit
- vent-field of a gun
- ventilator
- vent-piece
- vent-plug
- ventral fin