rescue ship

collocation in English

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rescue
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈres.kjuː/us
/ˈres.kjuː/
A rescue animal is one that has been taken from a situation where it was not cared for or was treated badly and has been given ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition ofrescueandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, according to his account, he allowed all who wished to go home to retreat south to an agreed-upon rendezvous with arescueship.
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She was later converted to a submarinerescueship.
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There is no provision in either convention for temporary designation of a hospital orrescueship.
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Therescueshipwas normally assigned a convoy position at the rear of one of the central columns of ships.
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They were joined for the voyage by two armed trawlers, plus a convoyrescueshipand an oiler.
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Her assignment: act as weather reporting, communication and search andrescueshipin an area where high winds and forty foot waves were not uncommon.
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The dedicated trials and submarinerescueshipsupported these trials between 1992 and 1998.
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Twenty-one survivors were rescued by the convoyrescueshipand 25 were rescued by.
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They must first find the captives before delivering them to therescueship(via a transport beam).
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He has found several lifeboats intact and is trying to modify their hyperwave radios to call for arescueship.
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He served aboard the submarinerescueshipas a diving officer.
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He specialized in submarines from 1929 onward and commanded the submarinerescueshipin 1938-39.
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The surrounding sea was dense with pack ice that would halt anyrescueship, food supplies were running out and no penguins were coming ashore.
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Without knowing precisely where she was, therescueshipherself was in extreme danger of running onto the reef.
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Secondly, he was in danger of their warning anyrescueshipapproaching.
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He also sets a distress beacon to signal arescueship.
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Later converted to a submarinerescueship.
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She later became a submarinerescueship.
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Hayes once again acted more quickly than the mutineers, and organized a party to row to therescueship, warning them of the mutineers' intentions.
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A permanent lookout was kept for the arrival of therescueship, cooking and housekeeping rotas were established, and there were hunting trips for seal and penguin.
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