troopships in English
noun
1
a ship designed or used for transporting troops.
His frigate served initially as a troopship in the 1801 operations, before assuming the role of a hospital ship.
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1. On 2 March, Operation Lustre—the transportation of troops and equipment to Greece—began and 26 troopships arrived at the port of Piraeus.
2. Kimberley and HMS Caledon escorted the troopships SS Duchess of York and SS Georgic from Aden to the military convoy WS-3 in the Red Sea on 12 November.