passenger(-carrying) ship (vessel)
1ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
2Ship transport — Water transport redirects here. For the transportation of water, see Water transportation. Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, India …
3Passenger — This article is about passengers in commercial transportation; for other uses see Passenger (disambiguation) A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks… …
4Ship construction — articleissues wikify=November 2007 rewrite=May 2008Several basic ship types are considered. The particular features of appearance, construction, layout, size, etc., will be examined for the various ship types.General cargo ships# The general… …
5ship — ship1 W2S2 [ʃıp] n [: Old English; Origin: scip] 1.) a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea ▪ the ship s captain ▪ a luxury cruise ship by ship ▪ supplies that came by ship 2.) a large spacecraft → …
6Merchant vessel — This article is about kinds of merchant ships. For water transport in general, see Ship transport. A merchant vessel is a ship that transports cargo or passengers. The closely related term commercial vessel is defined by the United States Coast… …
7Commercial vessel — A commercial vessel is defined by the United States Coast Guard as any vessel (i.e. boat or ship) engaged in commercial trade or that carries passengers for hire. This would exclude pleasure craft that do not carry passengers for hire or warships …
8Great Lakes passenger steamers — The history of commercial passenger shipping on the Great Lakes is long but uneven. It reached its zenith between the mid 19th century and the 1950s. As early as 1844, palace steamers carried passengers and cargo around the Great Lakes. By 1900,… …
9Octavius (ship) — Career (England) Name: Octavius In service: Before 1761 Out of service: 1762 …
10Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… …
