escort vessel

collocation in English

meaningsofescortandvessel

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escort
noun
uk
/ˈes.kɔːt/us
/ˈes.kɔːrt/
a person who goes with another person as a partner to a ...
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vessel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈves.əl/us
/ˈves.əl/
formal
a large boat or ...
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(Definition ofescortandvesselfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the plans for the immediate present and the future, will the paramount importance of theescortvesselbe borne in mind?
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To-day, for every day at sea anescortvesselspends 1·5 days in harbour.
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The normal complement of the ship as anescortvesselis six officers and 111 ratings.
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We cannot build any kind of naval vessel, even the most simple form ofescortvessel, in under three years.
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Now that we are building up ourescortvesselforce, we ought to know what is being done.
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The most likely closeescortvesselof the next war will be the submarine itself.
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They are the latest type ofescortvesseland far better than those we had in 1934 and 1939.
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Thirty years ago, for every day at sea the averageescortvesselspent eight days in harbour.
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Ten years ago, the ratio had halved, and for every day at sea anescortvesselspent four days in harbour.
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That is not to say that the day of the battleship, the cruiser, the destroyer or theescortvessel, is over.
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These characteristics are being combined in a smallescortvesselof which we have a number and of which earlier ones are being rearmed for this purpose.
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In the rearward island areas, she continued her duties as a harbor tug and localescortvessel.
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The wreck was sunk by anescortvesselthe next day.
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With the new tactic, oneescortvesselwould attack while another would track the target.
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Twice theescortvesselmet the challenge of enemy opposition when she depth charged a suspected submarine contact and fired on two aircraft.
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This new fastescortvesselwas later classified as an escort destroyer.
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The wreck was later sunk by anescortvessel.
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Future voyages were accompanied by anescortvessel.
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The player chooses one of their saved game and chooses one of the ships they designed and select theirescortvesselthey wish accommodate it.
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It was re-rated first as a coastal defense ship and then as anescortvessel.
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