merchant ship


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merchant ship

[′mər·chənt ‚ship]
(naval architecture)
A power-driven ship employed in commercial transport on the oceans and large inland bodies of water such as the Great Lakes.
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In October 2013, Iran's naval forces rescued one of its country's merchant ships in Aden, which was attacked by five speedboats with armed pirates on board.
Iran's naval forces fight off pirate attack on merchant ship
The merchant ship has been directed not to leave Kochi till the investigation process is complete and its position is being monitored by Coast Guard Remote Operating Station (ROS).
Sea hit-and-run: Navigation records of vessel being probed
On the very same day, another merchant ship was approached but not attacked far to the east in the Gulf of Oman off the Iranian port of Chabahar.
Pirates now in strait of Hormuz
In the moonlight, the merchant ship had taken the sub-chaser for a surfaced U-boat and opened fire.
Don't shoot the protector
The merchant ship, called "Victoria", carried the flag of Liberia.
Israel claims it took over a weapon ship destined to Gaza
The RMS Leinster Disaster, said despite its function as a merchant ship, soldiers, sailors, airmen and nurses made up the bulk of passengers.
The great sea disaster which many preferred to try and forget - until now; More than 500 died on the way to Holyhead
I am also trying to obtain, for a colleague, a photo of a merchant ship on which his brother was killed when the ship, the SS Orford, was torpedoed in the Caribbean in December 1942.
Reunited
He made progress when France bought a ship for his use -- the Duc de Duras -- a merchant ship that Jones upgraded and renamed the Bonhomme Richard, which was Jones' way of honoring Franklin and his famous Poor Richard's Almanac.
Colonial hero of the high seas: against seemingly insurmountable odds, John Paul Jones sailed to military victory time after time, becoming one of America's greatest naval commanders. (History - Struggle for Freedom)
Summary: Washington [USA], August 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has offered condolences to the US Navy sailors who were aboard the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain which collided with a merchant ship Alnic MC in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca.
Trump offers condolences to sailors of collided US warship
Hishammudin said four aircraft from Australia, New Zealand and the United States have been deployed to the area, while a merchant ship and an Australian navy vessel were also on the way to help in the search.
Malaysia says Australia's search lead is "credible"
On Saturday, Rear Admiral Siavash Jarreh, the deputy commander of the Navy, reported that seven speedboats commanded by Somali pirates tried to hijack an Iranian merchant ship in the Red Sea.
Navy seems lost at sea
THE captain of a merchant ship bound for Singapore changed course for Australia fearing desperate asylum seekers he had rescued in Indonesian waters would attack his crew.
Ship 'attack' fear; TheWorld

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