wooden hull

collocation in English

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wooden
adjective
uk
/ˈwʊd.ən/us
/ˈwʊd.ən/
made ...
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hull
noun[C]
uk
/hʌl/us
/hʌl/
the body or frame of a ship, most of which goes under ...
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She had awoodenhulland a total of 13 bunk spaces.
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The new boat was 56 ft (17.1 m) long, 18 ft (5.5 m) wide and 8 ft (2.4 m) depth, with awoodenhull.
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Thewoodenhull, built mostly of pine (pinus brutia), was preserved for a length of almost 14,7 metres originally measured long, by 4,4 metres across.
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The final iteration of the design, reverting to a single pair of more powerful engines and awoodenhull, met with only slightly more success.
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It served until being replaced in 1902 by anotherwoodenhullboat.
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Thewoodenhullwas completely armoured with wrought iron plates 120mmin 1 thick.
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Itswoodenhullwas worn out and the ship was barely staying afloat in the stormy sea.
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She had 3 inch iron armor plate over 3 feet thickwoodenhull.
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The ship had a massively builtwoodenhulldesigned to withstand being frozen into the ice.
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Although much of thewoodenhullhas long since disintegrated, some of the machinery is still relatively intact.
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Seawater poured into the ship from all sides, as thewoodenhulltwisted under the force of the 40ft m waves.
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Unlike her iron-hulled contemporaries, the ship'swoodenhullprevented any use of watertight transverse bulkheads.
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For this reason, the boat has a mixed structure with awoodenhulland steal ribs.
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An external waterproofed canvas shell was fastened to awoodenhullformed with white cedar planks and ribs.
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It had a streamlinedwoodenhullwith the pilot's cockpit located in the nose.
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The ship had awoodenhull, was 150 feet long and was powered by a two-cylinder steam engine.
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Where there was a substantial difference between the size or construction of the vessels, such as steel againstwoodenhull, destruction could be quick.
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Above the waterline two of the six decks were also armoured with lead plates, which were fastened by bronze nails to thewoodenhull.
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The shell would then lodge itself in thewoodenhullof the target, before exploding a moment later.
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This aircraft had awoodenhull, which was heavier but had the advantage of using less of the precious wartime stockpiles of light metal alloys.
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