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Chase boat, a tender generally not carried by the main vessel. It may be towed, travel under its own power, or be stationed in port. Destroyer tender, a large ship used to support a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. Dive tender, a ship or boat used to support the actions of divers. [citation needed] Also known as a diving support ...
SS Nomadic is a former tender of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 at Belfast, that is now on display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.
Satellite was a ship's tender owned by Cunard Line, [1] built in 1848 by Robert Napier in Govan, Scotland. [2] She was launched on 21 January 1848, and was the first iron-hulled ship for Cunard. With a smart funnel and raked bow , the Satellite was considered to be a rather handsome ship, designed more like a yacht rather than a tender.
A ship's tender of the MSC Orchestra. A ship's boat is a utility boat carried by a larger vessel. Ship's boats have always provided transport between the shore and other ships. Other work done by such boats has varied over time, as technology has changed. In the age of sail, especially for warships, an important role was the collection of ...
215 (ship's company) 367 (including aviation unit) Sensors and processing systems: Radar; sonar: Armament: 1 × single 5 in (130 mm) 38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount (removed ca. 1956) 1 × quad 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount; 2 × dual 40-mm antiaircraft gun mounts; 4 × dual 20-mm antiaircraft gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks; Aviation ...
A classic Hacker-Craft, tender to Christina O. A yacht tender is a vessel used for servicing and providing support and entertainment to a private or charter yacht.They include utilitarian craft, powered by oar or outboard motor, and high-speed luxury craft, supporting superyachts, powered by inboard engines, some using water-jets.
USS Alert was a 90 long tons (91 t) steamship named A. C. Powell purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War.. A. C. Powell – later renamed Alert, and still later renamed Watch – served primarily as a tugboat, but at times she performed duty as a dispatch boat, ship's tender, and even as a gunboat despite the fact that she had on board only a howitzer ...
A seaplane tender is a boat or ship that supports the operation of seaplanes. Some of these vessels, known as seaplane carriers , could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are regarded by some as the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War .