merchant ship in English

ship that carries goods to be sold

Use "merchant ship" in a sentence

1. Argosy (plural Argosies) A merchant ship

2. Richie Model 8135 M Merchant Ship Binnacle

3. I thought you said this was a merchant ship!

4. Argosy definition is - a large ship; especially : a large merchant ship

5. Argosy definition, a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo

6. Later that day she rescued some survivors from the Norwegian merchant ship Sangstad.

7. Although a merchant ship, our vessel, the Jamaique, had guns mounted at the prow and at the stern.

8. Boatswain definition is - a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of hull maintenance and related work.

9. The destroyer took two under fire and assisted in exploding one 100 feet short of a merchant ship.

10. Bosun definition is - a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of hull maintenance and related work.

11. Argosies definition: a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

12. Unlike a merchant ship, which carries cargo, a warship typically carries only weapons, ammunition and supplies for its crew.

13. Burgee definition: a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

14. Whilst in harbour at Algiers on 4 August Arrow was set on fire by the explosion of the merchant ship Fort La Montee.

15. Reuben James was hit forward by a torpedo meant for a merchant ship and her entire bow was blown off when a magazine exploded.

16. During a convoy to Malta in January 1942, the ship was detailed to escort the merchant ship Thermopylae to Benghazi when she started having engine trouble.

17. However, by 1940 the need had become urgent and HMS Audacity was converted from the captured German merchant ship MV Hannover and commissioned in July 1941.

18. Blears was a 21-year-old radio officer on a Dutch merchant ship that had been sunk by a Japanese submarine near the end of World War II

19. After getting passports, visas, and inoculations, in July 1959, Dad and Mom sailed on a merchant ship from New York City to Mombasa by way of Cape Town.

20. On 21 January 1937, the merchant ship SS Hsin Pekin grounded on the Nemesis Rock off Ningbo and Dainty posted a guard aboard her until she was refloated.

21. On the night of 19–20 January 1959, Macon, steaming from Cartagena to Marseille, diverted from her course and sped to the aid of burning Italian merchant ship Maria Amata.

22. Bosun , bo's'n a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment Explanation of Bosn

23. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.

24. On 28 February 1940, Jackal was badly damaged in a collision with the Swedish merchant ship Storfors (which was sunk), and was under repair at Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Northumberland until April 1940.

25. While operating off the Pacific coast of Panama near Coiba Island early on the morning of 26 February 1921, Woolsey was cut in half during a collision with the merchant ship SS Steel Inventor and sank.

26. Bosun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen boatswain , bo's'n , bos'n , bo'sun Jack-tar , mariner , old salt , sea dog , seafarer , seaman , gob , Jack , tar - a man who serves as a sailor

27. Five ships were transferred to Home Fleet in December 1939, but Duchess was sunk en route when she was accidentally rammed by the battleship HMS Barham, and Duncan was badly damaged when she collided with a merchant ship, requiring lengthy repairs.

28. The Cimmerian Vol 1 includes two complete stories, Queen of the Black Coast and Red Nails, plus bonus material, including the original Robert E Howard prose stories, in one handsome hardcover collection! In Queen of the Black Coast, Conan seeks refuge on a merchant ship, after being pursued for killing a judge

29. Nautical a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club Word Origin for Burgee C18: perhaps from French (Jersey dialect) bourgeais shipowner, from Old French borgeis; see bourgeois 1, burgess