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ship, from the Old English
scip, the generic name for seagoing vessels, as opposed to
boats, though
submarines are known as boats as are the different types of fishing vessels. Ships were originally personified as masculine, but by the 16th century they had become feminine. In 2002
Lloyd's of London decided that all merchant ships should be described as ‘it’, though the British Ministry of Defence has confirmed that warships shall still be defined as feminine. Up to the 1950s,
yachts were often described as ‘ships’, but it is rare to hear them called this nowadays. For different types of ships see:
aircraft carrier;
balinger;
barque;
barquentine;
battlecruiser;
battleship;
bilander;
bireme;
blackwall frigates;
bomb ketch;
brig;
brigantine;
bulk carrier;
caravel;
carrack;
clipper;
coaster;
cog;
collier;
container ship;
corbita;
corvette;
cruiser;
cruise ship;
destroyer;
dromon;
east indiaman;
ferry;
frigate;
galizabra;
galleass;
galleon;
galley;
galliot;
hermaphrodite brig;
hovercraft;
hydrofoil;
ironclads;
jackass barque;
knarr;
liberty ships;
longship;
lorcha;
mercy ships;
monitor;
nao;
ocean liners;
packet;
paddle steamer;
pink;
polacre;
q-ship;
replica ship;
research ships;
ro-ro ship;
round ship;
sail training;
sepulchral ships;
sloop;
snow;
surface effect ship;
swath ship;
tanker;
tartan;
trabacolo;
tramp ship;
treasure ship;
trireme;
tug;
victory ships;
weather ship;
wing-in-surface effect ship;
xebec.
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Ships/Navy: Maritime Prepositioning Force
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...includes four MPS ships and one MPF (Enhanced) ship and operates in the...on/roll-off ships in the Combat Prepositioning Ship force fall under the...the hull up. Three ship-operating companies operate the MPS ships under a unique 25...
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SHIPS ACQUISITION AND OFFSHORE BASED WARFARE:RONALD O'ROURKE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/9/1999; 700+ words
; ...period, this average ship procurement rate would...a fleet of about 274 ships. The Administration's previous ship procurement program...period, this average ship procurement rate would...a fleet of about 216 ships. Thus, the additions...
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Ships/Navy: Maritime prepositioning force
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...composed of five MPS ships and one MPF(E) ship based at Diego Garcia...on/roll-off ships in the Combat Propositioning Ship force fall under the...the keel up. Three ship-operating companies operate the MPS ships under a unique 25...
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20 foreign ships under detention in the UK during October 2003.
M2 Presswire; 12/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...2003 along with 7 other ships still under detention...rate to September. The ships detained in October included...2000, general cargo ship for 2 days due to deck...Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken...from the MCA. Where a ship is found to be deficient...
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Cruise ships' impact bigger than ever Too much of a good thing worries Bar Harbor
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 11/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...recent years, the ships are carrying far more people. The average ship these days carries...the typical cruise ship carried fewer than...owners look at the big ships with their larger...do better from the ships' visits, he said...do great on cruise ship days," Reed said...
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Ships meet with pomp, spectacle
Newspaper article from: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 2/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...1,013-foot-long ship ferried the rich and famous...cruises. While the two ships share many similarities...paint scheme, the newer ship is not only much larger...Thursday focused on the two ships' glory. Ann Korecko...voyage while visiting the ship Thursday. "I think of...
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Cruise ships, the idea that sealed the Super Bowl deal, moving in; First two dock today, followed by three more Thursday, bringing essential accommodations.(National International)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 2/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...however, he said the ships emphasize that Jacksonville...cruise industry. The first ship, the 490-passenger...In bringing the cruise ships to Jacksonville, Rummell...addressed -- everything from ship access to utilities to package delivery (Yes, the ships have been given temporary...
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CP Ships division Canada Maritime agrees to Montreal-North Europe container slot sale.
PR Newswire; 4/11/2005; 700+ words
; ...April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CP Ships division Canada Maritime, along with OOCL...lane become better balanced," said CP Ships Executive Vice President Commercial Alan...The slots will be taken on three SLCS ships, Canmar Spirit, Canmar Venture and OOCL...
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Ships/Navy: Ready reserve force (RRF)
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 1/1/1999; ; 672 words
; ...availability of a combination of sealift platforms-including roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ships, aviation support ships, breakbulk ships, heavy-lift ships, crane ships, troop ships, and tankers. Maintained by the Maritime Administration...
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CP Ships to appoint Nigel Rich as new chairman.
PR Newswire; 5/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of CP Ships Limited today announced that it intends...fully until I step down as a director of CP Ships after a new CEO is on board." Nigel Rich has been a non-executive director of CP Ships since it was publicly listed in 2001 and...
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Ship in a Bottle
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...The secret is that the ship's hull is small enough...History The history of ships in bottles is the history...first construction of a ship in a bottle is unknown...of the classic sailing ships have been preserved in...the proportions of the ship are better suited to some...
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ship preservation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...the life of a wooden ship. During construction, merchant ships sometimes had rock...deter rot. An old wooden ship will often survive longer...Nobody ever got rich from ship preservation. Since...conserving fragile old ships has exp
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Amphibious Ships and Landing Craft
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...development in amphibious ships was the creation of three new classes of assault ships: the seven‐ship, 18,000‐...s largest amphibious ships—the five‐ship, 40,500‐...
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Ships
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
366. Ships See also 399. TRAVEL...of the owners of a ship or the owners of its...heeling or listing ship. nauscopy the art...being able to sight ships or land at great distances...practice of guiding ships by means of signal...of goods on board ship. 2. the goods embezzled...
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ship
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...steamer ; pink ; polacre ; q-ship ; replica ship ; research ships ; ro-ro ship ; round ship ; sail training ; sepulchral ships...ship ; treasure ship ; trireme ; tug ; victory ships ; weather ship ; wing-in-surface effect ship ; xebec .
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