twin-hulled vessel

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• T Craft class inshore patrol vessel — The T Craft class inshore patrol vessels are a class of patrol boat currently in service with the South African Navy.These boats are twin hulled catamarans of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) sandwich construction, capable of carrying up to 15… …   Wikipedia

• Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull — The Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) is a twin hull ship design that minimizes hull volume in the surface area of the sea. By minimizing hull volume in the sea s surface, where wave energy is located, the vessel becomes very stable, even… …   Wikipedia

• ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …   Universalium

• USS Bridgeport (AD-10) — USS Bridgeport (AD 10/ID 3009) was a destroyer tender in the United States Navy during World War I and the years after. She was a twin screw, steel hulled passenger and cargo steamship built in 1901 at Vegesack, Germany as SS Breslau of the North …   Wikipedia

• sail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cruise, voyage; set sail; navigate, traverse. See navigation. n. canvas; moonsail, moon raker; jib, foresail, lateen, lug, mainsail, mizzen, spanker, topsail. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Means of …   English dictionary for students

• Richard Hall Gower — Captain Richard Hall Gower (1768 1833) was an English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian.MarinerRichard was the youngest son of Rev. Reginald Foote Gower, physician and antiquarian. He won a… …   Wikipedia

• sailboat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See ship. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. boat, vessel, craft, pleasure craft, yacht, windjammer. WORD FIND types • fast nineteenth century freight and transport: clipper • fifteenth sixteenth… …   English dictionary for students

• Patrick Miller of Dalswinton — Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, just north of Dumfries (1730 1815) was a Scottish banker and shareholder in the Carron Company engineering works and an enthusiastic experimenter in ordnance and naval architecture, including double or triple hulled… …   Wikipedia

• catamaran — /kat euh meuh ran /, n. 1. a vessel, usually propelled by sail, formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them. Cf. trimaran. 2. a float or sailing raft formed of a number of logs lashed together, used in certain parts of… …   Universalium

• Sea-based X-band Radar — is a floating, self propelled, mobile radar station designed to operate in high winds and heavy seas. It is part of the United States Government s Ballistic Missile Defense System.The Sea Based X Band Radar is mounted on a 5th generation… …   Wikipedia

• MS Mount Washington — The MS Mount Washington is the flagship vessel of the Winnipesaukee Flagship Corporation. Its home port is on Lake Winnipesaukee in Laconia, New Hampshire, in the United States. The ship makes several ports of call around the lake during her… …   Wikipedia