A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.
In 1715, the first Belgian merchant ship set out a voyage to China from the Port of Ostend. Years later, the ship returned fully loaded with silk and spices.
The merchant shipowners, who knew the righteousness of the ship, soon transferred the requisitioned ships to Jiangyin and formed a line. Some of them sank into the river before they could unload their cargo.
a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships.
the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters.
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.
The buccaneers became so strong that the merchant ship captains insisted that their countries put a stop to the pirates.
In a statement released Friday , the ministry said the British boarding party had just completed an inspection of a merchant ship.
Destroyers escorted a convoy of merchant ships.
A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
Convoy fleets have sailed to the Aden Gulf in order to prevent our merchant ships from Somali Pirates' attacking.
Vessels targeted as a result of this kind of intelligence included the Greek cargo ship Titan, the Turkish merchant ship Karagol and the Spanish trawler Felipe Ruano.
And as you know, that captain of the merchant ship that was held captive by three Somali pirates was rescued when the pirates were shot and killed by a group of Navy Seals.
During 1997, 501 port state control inspections were conducted on foreign merchant ships visiting Hong Kong.
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
Russia said that it had found a hijacked merchant ship that had gone missing in the Baltic Sea on July 30th en route to Algeria.
Just 15 countries control 80% of the world's merchant ships.
Ocean liner: Large merchant ship that visits designated ports on a regular schedule.
Shortly after our government declared a blockade of the Communist-occupied port on the 20th of this month, the British merchant ship, the Angeles, was bombed by our Air Force.
It is the first time in history that Canada has allowed foreign merchant ships to fly flags under such conditions.
Are Navy personnel recruited from merchant ships?
The Endeavour was not a warship but an old merchant ship, just like the one on which Cook had learnt his seamanship.
On board: British Royal Naval troops board the pirated Italian merchant ship to carry out the dramatic rescue
According to the plan of the drill, the 1st naval fleet of the red team would escort a merchant ship (simulated by Junshanhu ship) while moving to the exercise area before dawn on September 17.
Scattered mines begin to appear on the Pacific coast and threaten the voyage of merchant ships.
embargo:a government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
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