dispatch-vessel
1Dispatch boat — Dispatch boats were small boats, and sometimes large ships, tasked to carry military dispatches from ship to ship or from ship to shore or, in some cases from shore to shore. Dispatch boats were employed when other means of transmitting a message …
2Dispatch — Dis*patch , n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[ e]p[^e]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. [1913 Webster] 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. [1913… …
3Dispatch boat — Dispatch Dis*patch , n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[ e]p[^e]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. [1913 Webster] 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance …
4Dispatch box — Dispatch Dis*patch , n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[ e]p[^e]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. [1913 Webster] 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance …
5dispatch-boat — dispatchˈ boat noun A vessel for carrying dispatches • • • Main Entry: ↑dispatch …
6vessel — Synonyms and related words: Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, LC, LSD, LSM, SC, aircraft carrier, aircraft tender, ammunition ship, argosy, ark, assault transport, bark, battleship, bawley, beaker, bilander, blackjack, boat, bomb ketch, bottom,… …
7Crane vessel — Wind Lift I, Emden harbor, Emden, Germany …
8Ocean boarding vessel — Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels. Ships Ship Date launched/ completed Date requisitioned/ commissioned… …
9USS Union (1861) — was a heavy (1,114 ton) steamer with a powerful 12 inch rifled gun purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the navy successfully as an gunship during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of… …
10Murakumo class destroyer — Kagero at Kure, 1920 Class overview Builders: John I. Thornycroft Company Chiswick, E …
