pilot boat in English
noun
1
a boat used to transport maritime pilots to and from ships.
Two port tug boats and a pilot boat escorted the SAS Mendi to the East London harbour yesterday morning.
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1. This made her one of the last three sail-powered pilot vessels in the United States, along with the Boston-based schooner Roseway, which was retired sometime between 1971 and 1973, and Adventuress, also once a San Francisco pilot boat, which was retired in 1952, and is also a registered National Historic Landmark.