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词汇 storeship
释义 storeship
noun[ C ]
(also mainly UKstore-ship)uk /ˈstɔː.ʃɪp/ us /ˈstɔːr.ʃɪp/
a ship used by the navy to carry supplies to other ships:
The Admiral arrived at the fortress with three warships and two storeships from England.
He destroyed nearly a hundred store-ships and other vessels.
The First Fleet convoy consisted of two naval ships, six convict transports, and three storeships.
She accompanied the final withdrawal of troopships and storeships from Harstad to British bases in June 1940.
"Sovereign", a storeship of 362 tons, left England for Australia on 25 May, 1795.
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Examples of storeship


storeship
The forces were to sail in four groups containing in all 13 large transports and a number of storeships.
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She was purchased in 1804 and became a storeship in 1813.
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Altogether, seven transports and one storeship were lost.
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At war's end, she was converted to a storeship before eventually being decommissioned.
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She was used as a storeship by 1794 and was wrecked in 1813.
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One storeship was captured that night, but the rest escaped in the darkness.
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Run aground and converted into a storeship and hotel, she was a prominent landmark in the booming city for several years.
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Underway again two days later she conducted more gunnery runs and damage control problems before returning to port that afternoon to provision from the storeship.
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They were assigned to sail on the storeship, the "toile".
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Porter acquired eight new shallow draft schooners, five large barges, a steam powered riverboat and a storeship schooner.
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She was subsequently converted to a storeship.
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