merchantman|merchantmen in English

noun

['mer·chant·man || 'mɜrtʃənmən /'mɜːt-]

ship used in commerce, commercial ship; merchant ship; cargo ship

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1. Over 100 were built or converted from merchantmen.

2. Of this convoy, cruiser Yasoshima, a merchantman, and three landing ships were sunk.

3. 12 Our cog was a sturdy merchantman escorted by a small man-of-war.

4. By December 13, 1775, Congress had authorized the construction of 13 new frigates, rather than refitting merchantmen to increase the fleet.

5. 23 Because there are many galleys to convoy and patrol in the gulf of Aden, piracy has changed way to hijack merchantman.

6. The Commotion on the two ships' decks was incredible as pirates streamed onto the merchantmen and sailors streamed onto the Emerald Lady

7. On 12 August 1915, a Royal Naval Air Service Short 184 floatplane torpedo bomber sank a Turkish merchantman in the Sea of Marmara.

8. On 4 March, she screened the merchantman into Tulagi harbor; fueled at Port Purvis; then took station ahead of SS Mormacwren for a voyage to Efate.

9. Although they were manned by experienced crews, the Greek ships were not designed for warfare, equipped with only light guns and staffed by armed merchantmen.

10. On 6 November 1941, she and the cruiser USS Omaha captured the German freighter Odenwald which was carrying 3800 tons of scarce rubber while disguised as the American merchantman Willmoto.

11. Long continued escort and patrol operations for the occupations of Attu and Kiska through the summer, returning to Pearl Harbor on 16 September to escort merchantmen to San Francisco where she overhauled.

12. On 27 November 1813 Blenden Hall, bound for Bermuda with naval stores, and four other merchant vessels, left Portsmouth in a convoy under escort by HMS Severn.Due to a heavy storm, the five merchantmen lost

13. Unlike the preceding "Flower"s of the Acacia, Azalea and Arabis classes, with their unmistakable warship appearance, the Aubretias were designed to look like small merchantmen, in the hope of deceiving U-boat commanders, a tactic known as the Q-ship