Abstract: Aiming at the disadvantage of hardware of large-scale ship handling simulator at home and abroad which has closed equipment, bad expandability, high price and so on, we design the console’s frequently-used hardware equipments of the large-scale ship handling simulator based on the research strength of our college. Besides, the overall architecture of the hardware system and the hardware and software design of some equipments are also provided in detailed. The simulator follows the standards on the use of simulators of A-1/12 section of Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and meets the prescribed performance standards of China Maritime Safety Administration about “the notice of related matters on doing preparatory work for meeting Manila amendments to the STCW Convention (Sea Crew [2011] No.923)” and has broad market prospects. Now, the simulator has been applied to many domestic navigation colleges or institutions and has achieved good results.