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Definition of Merchant ship

Merchant ship
Merchant Mer"chant, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am. Cyc. Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.

Meaning of Merchant ship from wikipedia

- A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries p****engers for hire. This is in contrast...
- recognition to American merchant mariners who parti****ted in World War II. Captains, mates (officers), and pilots supervise ship operations on domestic...
- Merchant Ships was an American Midwest emo band from South Bend, Indiana. Merchant Ships was formed in 2008 by singer Jack Senff and drummer Dwayne Robinson...
- specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling...
- The Royal Merchant was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641. On board were at...
- Defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS) was an Admiralty Trade Division programme established in June 1939, to arm 5,500 British merchant ships with an adequate...
- ("Merchant Navy"). During the First World War, the government requisitioned Australian merchant vessels for use as transport ships, hospital ships and...
- 2021[update], it is the only nuclear-powered merchant ship in service.[citation needed] Civilian nuclear ships suffer from the costs of specialized infrastructure...
- The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their ****ociated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
- head of the deck department of a merchant ship. The chief mate is customarily a watchstander and is in charge of the ship's cargo and deck crew. The actual...