naval ship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnavalandship
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naval
adjective
uk/ˈneɪ.vəl/us/ˈneɪ.vəl/
belonging to a country's navy, or relating to ...
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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 ofnavalandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet, curiously, they ignored clear evidence of a wreckednavalship.
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When a royalnavalshipappears in a port, often it is welcomed by the mayor and local dignitaries.
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I can think of hardly nonavalship, except perhaps the minesweeper, which could not be an instrument of attack as well as of defence.
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There is only one policeman in this area, and if a battleship or othernavalshipcomes along he is in some difficulty.
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We were told that fire is the biggest risk faced by any merchant ornavalship.
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Has anybody on a royalnavalshipbeen affected because of the contamination of tanks that contain fresh water?
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If anavalshipis to be repaired late and over budget, it should go into the dockyards.
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Nowadays, the difference between anavalshipand a merchant ship is narrowing until it is virtually imperceptible.
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I think that it had been in the 1950s, so we have had a 50-year break in the naval dockyard ofnavalshipconstruction.
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With regard to dual firing, we find that oil is the most effective fuel for the propulsion of any kind ofnavalship.
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I would not take away a- singlenavalshipfrom them without supplying them ton for ton with commercial ships.
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Also, it must to some extent be true thatnavalshipdesign and requirements will have their impact indirectly on merchant and passenger ship design.
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When a royalnavalshipappears on an adversary's coastline, it creates fear, because a potent challenger has turned up on the doorstep.
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Would it not help to expedite the delivery of merchant shipping if more men were taken offnavalshipbuilding and put on merchant ship building?
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Third, another defence subject inquired into is the declining productivity in thenavalshipbuilding industry, which continues to receive substantial subsidies from public funds.
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There may be a naval rating whose service at sea was in anavalshipfor part of the time and in a merchant ship for part of the time.
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As funds were lacking for another overhaul, she was decommissioned, ending her days as an active-dutynavalship.
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It became the most visited floatingnavalshipmuseum in the world.
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He was briefly apprenticed on anavalshipat age 10 but returned to school.
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If anavalshiphad taken a prize, a deserting seaman would also forfeit his share of the prize money.
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