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Decorated belyana, 1911. A disposable ship, also called raft ship, timber ship, or timber drogher [1] is a ship or sea vessel that is intended for use on a single voyage. At the final destination, the vessel is broken up for sale or reuse of materials.
The sale of colonial ships built on the British market enabled English merchants to secure cheap tonnage and gave American merchants an important source of income to pay for their imports. All the colonies exported shipping, but once again, New England was the chief contributor. A foreign market during colonial times.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
A large passenger ship, usually running on a regular schedule. The same vessel may be used as a cruise ship Littoral combat ship (LCS) US warship intermediate in size between a corvette and a frigate, similar to a sloop Longship A Viking raiding ship Man-of-war A heavily-armed sailing warship Merchantman A trading vessel Armed merchantman
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In 1995 and 1996, four RO/RO ships were used to deliver military cargo as part of U.S. and U.K. support to NATO peace-keeping missions. [53] Four RRF ships were activated to provide humanitarian assistance for Central America following Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Three RRF ships currently support the Afloat Prepositioning Force with two ...
This list of museum ships is a comprehensive, sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. Replica ships are listed separately in the article on ship replicas . Ships that are not museum ships, but are still actively used for excursions are included in the list of classic vessels .
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