seagoing ship

collocation in English

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seagoing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsiːˌɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈsiːˌɡoʊ.ɪŋ/
(of ships) built for travelling across the sea, not just near the coast and ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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If a shop is to be opened on aseagoingship, we should not put any limitation on the people who may use the shop.
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She is being fitted as a signal and wireless telegraphy experimentalseagoingship.
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Compare, although the comparison is not in all respects one that can be readily adopted in discussing this subject, theseagoingshipwith the airship.
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Sixty-five captains and 100 commanders are at present in seagoing appointments, of whom 61 and 43, respectively, are serving in command in seagoing ships.
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It is not the practice to draft men physically unfit or sea to seagoing ships, big or small.
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We give now four free passes per annum to men in seagoing ships, whereas at the beginning of the war we gave two.
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It is also payable to naval personnel appointed to certain seagoing ships on home sea service and serving home legs of general service commissions.
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There is no technical difficulty about a multilateral force of seagoing ships, of surface warships.
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The use of specially dried high extraction flour for bread making in seagoing ships is being investigated.
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The flag states are still incapable of organising the inspection of seagoing ships for seaworthiness and environmental safety for themselves.
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The second consideration is—and this is where the analogy between seagoing ships and airships is a little dangerous—the difficulty which an airship has in overcoming adverse wind currents.
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The latter is a fluctuating figure depending upon prices and other conditions, and it varies in different parts of the world and as between seagoing ships and shore establishments.
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This instruction applies only to seagoing ships.
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The patterns have been revised and improved, and the present system in seagoing ships is about to be modified by introducing on board tailors who will make to measure.
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It needed canals only to take goods in and out from seagoing ships, where such rivers were unavailable.
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These applications include plain bearings and landing gear components on aircraft, engine components (especially for seagoing ships), underwater fastenings in naval architecture, and ship propellers.
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Many scholars believe that ancient seagoing ships were weak, and consequently their pilots tacked close to the shores.
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Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled seagoing ships usually cannot.
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They were still not particularly successful as seagoing ships, because of their short sailing range and the poor reliability of their steam engines.
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Seagoing ships had to stop some distance from the settlement due to the mudbanks.
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