flat bottomed ship

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• Ship — A ship IPA|/ʃɪp/ audio|en us ship.ogg|Audio (US) is a large vessel that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as …   Wikipedia

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• Pink (ship) — A pink (French pinque ) is one of two different types of ship.The first was a small, flat bottomed ship with a narrow stern; the name derived from the Italian word pinco . It was used primarily in the Mediterranean Sea as a cargo ship. In the… …   Wikipedia

• Pram (ship) — A pram or pramm describes a type of shallow draught flat bottomed ship.They were used in Europe during the 18th century, particularly in the Baltic Sea during the Great Northern War and Napoleonic Wars, as the pram s shallow draught allowed it to …   Wikipedia

• naval ship — Introduction       the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …   Universalium

• Collier (ship) — For other uses, see Collier (disambiguation). The collier USS Merrimac (1898) Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal fired warships. In the late 18th century a… …   Wikipedia

• Prison ship — The forbidding form of the beached convict ship HMS Discovery at Deptford. Launched as a 10 gun sloop at Rotherhithe in 1789, the ship served as a convict hulk from 1818 until scrapped in February 1834.[1] …   Wikipedia

• kettle-bottomed — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective of a ship : having a flat hull …   Useful english dictionary

• keel — keel1 [kēl] n. [ME kele < ON kjǫlr < Gmc * kelu < IE base * gel , to swallow > L gula, throat] 1. the chief timber or steel piece extending along the entire length of the bottom of a boat or ship and supporting the frame: it sometimes …   English World dictionary